亚洲网紅露点

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contention

[ kuhn-ten-shuhn ]

noun

  1. a struggling together in opposition; strife.

    Synonyms: ,

  2. a striving in rivalry; competition; contest.
  3. strife in debate; dispute; controversy.

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  4. a point contended for or affirmed in controversy.


contention

/ 办蓹苍藞迟蓻苍蕛蓹苍 /

noun

  1. a struggling between opponents; competition
  2. dispute in an argument (esp in the phrase bone of contention )
  3. a point asserted in argument
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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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 肠辞苍路迟别苍顎僼颈辞苍路补濒 adjective
  • 苍辞苍顎卌辞苍路迟别苍顎僼颈辞苍 noun
  • 辫谤别顎卌辞苍路迟别苍顎僼颈辞苍 noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of contention1

First recorded in 1350鈥1400; Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin 肠辞苍迟别苍迟颈艒苍-, stem of 肠辞苍迟别苍迟颈艒; from content(us) 鈥渃ompeted, striven鈥 (past participle of contendere 鈥渢o compete, strive, draw tight鈥; contend ) + -颈艒 -ion
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of contention1

C14: from Latin 肠辞苍迟别苍迟颈艒 exertion, from contendere to contend
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Idioms and Phrases

see bone of contention .
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Example Sentences

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It would heighten an already worrying financial picture for a club that somehow has to try to navigate a way back into contention at the top end of the Premier League.

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The fact that the lunch of beef wellington, mash potatoes and green beans contained death cap mushrooms and caused the guests' illnesses is not in contention, the court heard.

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Can Ferrari turn this season around and be in contention for either championship?

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Trump had started Sunday's match on 98 and was the only player in contention to get to the landmark.

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They had slipped to seventh place on Boxing Day after a 1-1 draw with Everton, but have managed to climb back into Champions League contention.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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