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词汇 example_english_serious-contention
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serious contention

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meanings of seriousand contention


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serious
adjective
uk /ˈsɪə.ri.əs/ us /ˈsɪr.i.əs/
severe in ...
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contention
noun
uk /kənˈten.ʃən/ us /kənˈten.tʃən/
the disagreement that results from ...
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Examples of serious contention


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This ambiguity invites seriouscontention over who should design and teach the curriculum as well as when, where, and how it should be taught.
If that is his seriouscontention, what evidence is there to support it?
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If he is, we are in seriouscontention with him about participation.
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That is my contention, and it is a seriouscontention.
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It is a bone of seriouscontention among pensioners, who consider it grossly unfair.
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That has been the seriouscontention of people defending such sales, but it ignores the reality of how the housing market works.
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That was a matter of seriouscontention at the time.
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Surely this is not a seriouscontention.
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The identity of the second attacker became a point of seriouscontention during the trial and appeals.
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The status of these post factum seasons (1902-1904, 1906-1915, and 1917-1919) is a point of seriouscontention for statisticians and historians.
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After a slow start they were in seriouscontention for a top-six finish for much of the second half of the season.
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He used a somewhat negative advertising campaign that seemed to have the intended initial effect of boosting him to seriouscontention.
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We ought not to try to support serious contentions by such ludicrous arguments.
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