亚洲网紅露点

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contend

[ kuhn-tend ]

verb (used without object)

  1. to struggle in opposition:

    to contend with the enemy for control of the port.

    Synonyms: , , ,

  2. to strive in rivalry; compete; vie:

    to contend for first prize.

  3. to strive in debate; dispute earnestly:

    to contend against falsehood.

    Synonyms: ,

    Antonyms:



verb (used with object)

  1. to assert or maintain earnestly:

    He contended that taxes were too high.

    Synonyms: ,

contend

/ 办蓹苍藞迟蓻苍诲 /

verb

  1. introften foll bywith to struggle in rivalry, battle, etc; vie
  2. to argue earnestly; debate
  3. tr; may take a clause as object to assert or maintain
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 肠辞苍藞迟别苍诲别谤, noun
  • 肠辞苍藞迟别苍诲颈苍驳濒测, adverb
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 肠辞苍路迟别苍诲路别谤 noun
  • 肠辞苍路迟别苍诲路颈苍驳路濒测 adverb
  • 苍辞苍路肠辞苍路迟别苍诲路颈苍驳 adjective
  • 辫谤别路肠辞苍路迟别苍诲 verb (used without object)
  • 谤别路肠辞苍路迟别苍诲 verb (used without object)
  • 耻苍路肠辞苍路迟别苍诲路别诲 adjective
  • 耻苍路肠辞苍路迟别苍诲路颈苍驳 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of contend1

First recorded in 1400鈥50; late Middle English contenden, from Anglo-French contendre, from Latin contendere 鈥渢o compete, strive, draw tight,鈥 equivalent to con- prefix meaning 鈥渨ith, together鈥 + tendere 鈥渢o stretch鈥; con-, tend 1
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of contend1

C15: from Latin contendere to strive, from com- with + tendere to stretch, aim
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Synonym Study

See compete.
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Example Sentences

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In one area of the town of Ishinomaki, the sinking land forced people to contend with regular flooding, according to news reports.

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The U.S. military contended that all these tactics were operationally successful as a trade of trees for American lives.

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鈥淭here鈥檚 a lot at stake for Joe,鈥 said McClarnon, whose Navajo police lieutenant contends with marital discord, childhood trauma and a pesky FBI investigation.

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"The Government contends that this is all okay because the mother wishes that the child be deported with her," Doughty wrote.

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Jake Lang, who spent years in jail while contending with multiple charges for violence during the Capitol riot, is making a racist spectacle of a high school murder case in Texas.

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