一、详细释义:


v.

奋斗,争斗,战斗 [I,T]


例句:

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。


例句:

It is hard to contend with poverty.

与贫穷奋斗是很困难的。


竞争,争夺 [I,T]


例句:

In order to explore the market better, the two main groups are contending for power.

为了更好的开拓市场,两大集团在争权夺势。


例句:

In practice, patriotism has many other enemies to contend with.

在实践中,爱国主义有许多其它的敌人跟它竞争。


处理,对付,解决 [I,T]


例句:

His wife's ill health is something he has to contend with。

妻子身体不好,这是他必须全力对付的事情。


例句:

American businesses could soon have a new kind of lawsuit to contend with.

美国公司可能很快就要有一种新型的官司去应付了。


争论,争辩 [I,T]


例句:

Parents often contend over how to educate their only son well.

父母经常为如何教育好他们的独生子而发生争论。


例句:

Different forms and styles in art should develop freely and different schools in science should contend freely.

艺术上不同的形式和风格可以自由绽放,科学上不同的学派可以自由争鸣。


主张,声称 [T]


例句:

I am willing to admit that man is my brother, but I contend at the same time that I have get a lot of wicked relatives.

我乐意承认人类是我的同胞兄弟,但我同时声明我还有了许多可恶的亲戚。


例句:

Some blacks contend that racism has simply gone underground.

有些黑人声称种族主义如今只是由明转暗。


二、词义辨析:


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。


三、参考例句:


John has to contend with great difficulties.

约翰得与那些艰难困苦作斗争。


It is hard to contend with poverty.

对抗贫困是一件很困难的事情。


I had to contend with ingrain prejudice.

我不得不与根深蒂固的偏见作斗争。


The asylum seekers had to contend with continued bureaucratic obstruction.

寻求政治庇护的人得不断地应付官僚主义的层层阻挠。


I'm going to contend with the tough client.

我得马上去见那个难对付的客户。


They have to contend against drought every year.

他们每年都得与干旱做斗争。


These hypotheses, I contend, must be refutable in principle.

我认为这些假说在原则上必须是可以反驳的。


In practice, patriotism has many other enemies to contend with.

在实践中,爱国主义有许多其它的敌人跟它竞争。


The experts contend that the potential is simply too significant.

专家们声称潜力是非常重要的。


His firm must contend with the unwieldy Russian bureaucracy.

他的公司必须与俄罗斯庞大的官僚机构周旋。