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英 ['kɒntest] 美[kən'tɛst]

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近义词fight argue contend sport tournament quarrel

vt. 争辩；提出质疑
vi. 竞争；争辩
n. 竞赛；争夺；争论

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词态变化

复数: contests;第三人称单数: contests;过去式: contested;过去分词: contested;现在分词: contesting;

中文词源

contest 比赛

con-, 强调。-test, 见证，词源同attest, detest。字面意思即找人来作证的。

英英释意

1. an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants

2. a struggle between rivals

英文词源

contest: contest: [16] The idea underlying contest, unlikely as it may seem, is of ‘bearing witness’. It goes back to Latin contestārī, a compound verb formed from the prefix com- ‘together’ and testārī ‘bear witness’, which in turn was derived from testis ‘witness’ (whence English testament, testicle, and testimony). This verb signified the bringing of a lawsuit by ‘calling witnesses together’ from both sides.

Hence was introduced the adversarial or competitive notion that passed into English, probably via Old French contester (although in the 16th and 17th centuries traces of the original Latin sense ‘bear joint witness, attest’ survived in English, presumably as a scholarly reintroduction).
=> testament, testicle, testimony
contest (v.): c. 1600, from French contester "dispute, oppose," from Middle French, from Latin contestari (litem) "to call to witness, bring action," from com- "together" (see com-) + testari "to bear witness," from testis "a witness," (see testament). Calling witnesses as the first step in a legal combat. Related: Contestable; contested; contesting.
contest (n.): 1640s, from contest (v.).

同义词辨析

compete, contend, contest, rival

这些动词均可表示"竞争"之意。

compete：普通用词，含义广泛。既可指体育活动等活动中争取优胜的相互竞争，也可指为了自己的利益与他人竞争。

contend：指为战胜或击败对手进行不懈努力，强调拼搏。也可指口头上进行有对立情绪或严重分歧的争论。

contest：指为争夺土地、阵地、权力或荣誉等而展开的竞争。

rival：指在两方或多方的竞争或比赛中，谁都想战胜或比得上对手。

competition, contest, match

这些名词均有"比赛，竞争"之意。

competition：多指体育运动中的各项比赛、角逐，也指知识、技巧等方面的竞赛。

contest：多指在音乐、书法、演讲等方面所进行的比赛或竞争。其结果，由评判委员会裁决。

match：通常指体育运动项目的比赛，隐含势均力敌意味。

考试真题

I'm preparing for the speech contest.

Practicing for a speech contest

Winners of local contests will participate in the national math competition for free.

But will such contests, which are overwhelmingly dominated by Asian and white students from middle-class and affluent families become any more diverse? Many social and cultural factors play roles in determining which promising students get on the path toward international math recognition.

About 100,000 students around the country participate in the program's competition series, which culminates in a national game-show-style contest held each May.

Companies have also taken it upon themselves to contest each other's green claims.

The reality is that Antarctica is geopolitically contested.

About 100,000 students around the country participate in the program's competition series, which culminates in a national game-showstyle contest held each May.

The Ebro Delta, in Spain, famous as a battleground during the Spanish civil War, is now the setting for a different contest, one that is pitting rice farmers against two enemies: the rice-eating giant apple snail, and rising sea levels.

In Arizona v.United States,the majority overturned three of the four contested provisions of Arizona's controversial plan to have state and local police enforce federal immigration law.

If you are unfamiliar with words or idioms, you guess at their meaning, using clues presented in the contest.

词组搭配

no contest

(chiefly US). another term for nolo contendere

(主美)。同 nolo contendere

he pleaded no contest to two misdemeanor counts.
他对被控的两项轻罪申明不抗辩。

a decision by the referee to declare a boxing match invalid on the grounds that one or both of the boxers are not making serious efforts

（裁判因拳手比赛消极而宣布）比赛无效，比赛作废

实用场景例句

a singing contest: 歌咏比赛

a talent contest: 新秀大奖赛

to enter/win/lose a contest: 参加 / 赢得竞赛；竞赛失败

a contest for the leadership of the party: 争夺政党的领导权

Three candidates contested the leadership.: 有三位候选人角逐领导权。

a hotly/fiercely/keenly contested game (= one in which the players try very hard to win and the scores are close): 竞争十分激烈的比赛

to contest a will (= try to show that it was not correctly made in law): 对遗嘱提出质疑

The divorce was not contested.: 这桩离婚案没有人提出异议。

Few contests in the recent history of British boxing have been as thrilling.: 英国近年的拳击比赛中很少有如此激动人心的。

...a writing contest.: 写作比赛

The state election due in November will be the last such ballot before next year's presidential contest...: 定于11月举行的州选举将是明年总统竞选前最后一次此类投票选举。

...a clear contest between church and state.: 教会与政府之间明显的争斗

He quickly won his party's nomination to contest the elections.: 他很快获得了本党提名,角逐大选。

...a closely contested regional flower show.: 各方争奇斗艳、难分高下的地区花卉展

Your former employer has to reply within 14 days in order to contest the case...: 你的前任雇主若对本案存有异议，必须在14天内予以答复。

Gender discrimination is a hotly contested issue.: 性别歧视是一个争论激烈的话题。

For a first bookable offence.: 第一次故意(严重)犯规(需记载的犯规).

Her misspelling of that word eliminated her from the contest.: 因为她把那个单词写错了,所以不能参加比赛.

The other bidders for the contract complained that it had not been a fair contest.: 其他竞标人抱怨说该合同的竞标不公平.

Are you going to enter yourself for the contest?: 你打算报名参加比赛吗 ?

The likely out come of the contest varies from moment to moment.: 比赛结果可能每分钟都在变化.

He has easily won the preliminary contest for the high jump.: 他轻松地通过了跳高预赛.

A s he was not reconciled to his defeat, he was determined to try again in the next contest.: 他不甘心这次失败, 决心在下次比赛中再作努力.

Her withdrawal from the contest was a tactical manoeuvre.: 她退出比赛是一个战术策略.

This is man's contest with nature.: 这是人与大自然的搏斗.

We entered a fishing contest.: 我们参加了钓鱼比赛.

She had to contest against a very strong opponent for the championship.: 她必须与强劲的对手手角逐冠军.

In a reading contest, his daughter carried away the bell.: 在一次朗读比赛中, 他的女儿得胜了.

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