| 词汇 | collocation_english_contention |
| 释义 | Collocations with contentionThese are words often used in combination with contention. Click on a collocation to see more examples of it. bone of contention The wording of resolution no. 11 was very tentative, with the bone of contention being the site of the collection station. main contention My main contention is that coherence with intuitions adds no consequentialist value to the associated acts. medal contention She nearly missed out of medal contention, when she finished sixth in the women's heptathlon with a total score of 5,120 points. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. playoff contention The team rebounded that season, and was in playoff contention until losing their last two games for another 88 record. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. point of contention The point of contention is the imagined relationship between visitors and the museums. serious contention This ambiguity invites serious contention over who should design and teach the curriculum as well as when, where, and how it should be taught. source of contention Here we combine historical and geographical research methods to investigate a neglected source of contention-that of property held by the church. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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