contend
常考释义
1.[t]~ that…(尤指在争论中)声称,主张,认为to say that sth is true, especially in an argument
I would contend that the minister's thinking is flawed on this point.我倒认为部长的想法在这一点上有漏洞。
2.[i]~ (for sth)竞争;争夺to compete against sb in order to gain sth
Three armed groups were contending for power.三个武装集团在争夺权力。
America has at least four separate immigration problems to contend with, and on only one of them is there any progress.
(就目前来说)美国至少要解决四个相互独立的移民问题,但却只有一个稍有进展。
Some lawmakers and government officials contend the problems at Bear Stearns might have been prevented with more oversight.
这将中止一些立法者和政府官员在贝尔斯登问题上的争论。
He said businesses and consumers alike were struggling to contend with tumultuous markets and a financial-services industry under siege.
他表示,企业和消费者正艰难应对动荡的市场和深陷困境的金融服务业。
That methodology might have worked for a few years if they only had to contend with bailing out Greece, Portugal and Ireland.
如果只是用来救助希腊、葡萄牙和爱尔兰,这些政策的作用还能持续几年。
It also marked the start of a period with the Lakers expected to contend for championships for the next half decade at least.
这也标志着湖人在下半个十年间成为冠军有力争夺者的时期开端。
I have had to contend against the unkindness of his sister and the insolence of his mother.
我必须与他姐姐的冷酷和他母亲的专横抗争。
The educator, like the farmer, has certain things to do, certain resources with which to do, and certain obstacles with which to contend.
教育者和前面所说的农民一样,也有一些事情要做,有一些做事情的办法,有一些待排除的障碍。
Now Mr Place, senior, would be described by many as a bad father; and I do not contend that he was a conspicuously good one.
现今,普雷斯先生,一位年长老人,在很多人眼中是一个坏父亲;并且我也不能说他看上去是个好爸爸。
Some contend, however, that art should be repatriated to its "home" country, even if it has been acquired legally.
但是,有些人主张,即使艺术品是合法收购的,也应当归还给其“本”国。
I contend that I'm just a piece of messed-up code, and our inability to have kids proves that I'm not going to be the Missing Link.
我声称我就是一块乱七八糟的代码,并且,我们不能有孩子并且我也不是在人和猿类之间过渡的那类人种。
Do you think we would have overlooked perhaps the fact that there would be the 'lower energies to contend with?
你认为我们会忽视“低级能量”将制造事端的事实么?
Easy. There was only a five-hour time difference (although we had skipped a day), so we did not have to contend with bad jetlag.
时差只有5小时(虽然多了一天),所以时差反应也不大。
The utilities contend that this reduced capacity will result in curtailed service and higher prices some years down the road.
公共车业公司强烈认为生产能力的这种降低将造成今后几年服务的削减和价格的提高。
If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.
若愿意与他争辩,千中之一也不能回答。
Too often this joke has been used to express some dark fact of life with which those in the real world must contend.
这句话很经常用来表达那些真实世界中必须主张的事实。
It may be too early to tell whether the Nuggets can really contend in the West, but Billups finally brings a defensive identity to the team.
也许现在说掘金会成为西部豪强还为时过早,但是毋庸置疑的是他给球队带来了防守的理念。
Some analysts contend the China Price edge against the U. S. will remain for at least a decade.
有分析师认为,中国对美国的价格优势将保持十年。
And the researchers contend that there might be applications of this phenomenon beyond laboratory trickery.
在实验室的把戏之外,研究人员声称有可能会有关于这一现象的应用。
Even with each of these issues to contend with, the dispatch architecture is still relatively simple to deal with.
尽管需要解决上面的每一个问题,分发架构使用起来依然相对简单。
First, though, China has to contend with a short-term deflationary boom, which will end up in a deflationary bust.
不过,中国首先将不得不应对短期通缩繁荣,最终导致通缩式崩溃(deflationarybust)。
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