| 词汇 | contesting |
| 释义 | contesting present participle ofcontest contest verb[ T ] uk /kənˈtest/ us /kənˈtest/ contestverb[T] (ARGUE)If you contest a formal statement, a claim, a judge's decision, or a legal case, you say formally that it is wrong or unfair and try to have it changed: 质疑;辩驳;驳斥 We will certainly contest any claims made against the safety of our products.我们肯定会驳斥任何批评我们产品安全性的说法。 Refusing & rejecting abjuration abjure abnegate abnegation bar bat something/someone away decline demur disavow gainsay miss a chance/opportunityidiom opt opt out pass on pass something up punt on something quit resistant sb wouldn't touch something/someone with a bargepole/barge poleidiom tear You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Taking legal action contestverb[T] (COMPETE)to compete for something: 竞争;争夺;角逐 The medal is being keenly contested by eight gymnasts.八名体操运动员在激烈争夺这枚奖牌。 Competing in sport bring bring someone on bye bye week catchup contention duel explosive field gear go the distanceidiom match non-competitor outduel park the busidiom partner up play bigidiom square step/move up a gearidiom weigh You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Competing and contending (non-sporting) contestverb[T] (ATTEMPT)to attempt to win an election or to get power or control: 争取，争夺（选举胜利或权力） She could win, since only two people are contesting the seat and the other candidate is very unpopular.她大有希望获胜，因为只有两个人争夺这个位置，而另一个候选人很不得人心。 Elections absentee absentee ballot absentee vote absentee voter absentee voting enfranchisement entrance poll exit poll first-past-the-post flip proportional representation proxy proxy vote proxy voter proxy voting vote something through voting voting booth voting machine voting slip You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Competing and contending (non-sporting) Examples of contestingcontesting In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. In short, they were reproducing their own constructions of identity, community and history with a view to contesting and transforming existing racial meanings. He sees contemporary discourse about human rights as the modern version of justifying and contesting competing values. Inventing images: constructing and contesting gender in thinking about electroacoustic music. Furthermore, there are, of course, new regional and global transnational actors contesting the terms of globalization-not just corporations but new social movements. First, the information costs of contesting elections increased, as illiteracy rates declined and media coverage (including radio) expanded. The office bloc ballot is designed so that the names of candidates are grouped together under the title of the office they are contesting. As suggested above, which of these two options is preferred in the end will depend on contesting notions of holding people responsible. These latter groups were not just contesting the empirical state. He was contesting the then more prevalent view, that these activities were symptoms of pathological and progressive cognitive deterioration. It is this latter assumption we are contesting. Workers politics were also mired in the contesting positionalities of gaining control over others. However, the nation's contesting factions faced a dilemma. Deputies feared contesting local elections against incumbents who could draw on the resources of their offices for their campaigns. Overall the system has forced a consolidation of parties into electoral alliances when contesting the plurality seats. Contesting this erasure of the musical subject, biographical micro-histories situate the individual at the centre of music studies. 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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