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词汇 example_english_serious-contender
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serious contender

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meanings of seriousand contender


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serious
adjective
uk /ˈsɪə.ri.əs/ us /ˈsɪr.i.əs/
severe in ...
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contender
noun[C]
uk /kənˈten.dər/ us /kənˈten.dɚ/
someone who competes with other people to try to ...
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Examples of serious contender


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This book is a seriouscontender to be the textbook of choice for the undergraduate students.
The capability approach has thereby become a seriouscontender for utilitarianism and resources-based evaluations.
The second large disadvantage of simple majority is that the entry of a third party as a seriouscontender is rendered extremely difficult.
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The team fell off and would not be a seriouscontender again until the late-1980s.
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Although challenged by the rank-and-file in 1940, no seriouscontender for the presidency emerged until nearly a decade later.
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She was never considered legitimate and, when the king was dying, no one took her as a seriouscontender for the crown.
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He specializes in the 1500m run but is a seriouscontender in every mid-distance race from 800m up to and including the 5k.
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The club's form improved as the season went by, but they were never a seriouscontender to the league title.
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It rapidly gained popularity and by the mid-1980s was a seriouscontender as a mainline minicomputer operating system.
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Capablanca was now recognized as a seriouscontender for the world championship.
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He was not considered a seriouscontender, starting at odds of 66/1 in a field of twenty-eight.
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A more seriouscontender was basing all public transport on coaches.
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He was named the candidate most likely to become a seriouscontender.
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Considered a seriouscontender in 1997, she finished third in a narrow three-way contest.
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He has a mind of his own and is capable of driving himself, and is a seriouscontender in auto racing competitions.
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It was not a seriouscontender on the charts.
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He performed strongly in polls, immediately becoming a seriouscontender.
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The army would in time become a seriouscontender for political office, different from political parties only in its control over the instruments of violence.
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Their 51 made three-point field goals more than doubled that record, and the 109 three-point attempts record has never had a seriouscontender to break it.
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