| 单词 | contender |
| 释义 | contender (once / 1861 pages) n Baseball players, boxers, politicians: each is a contender in that they compete or campaign to win something. Contender has a slightly different meaning than competitor, often implying a more vigorous, even scrappier, sense of taking on every unexpected challenge. The most famous use of contender is Marlon Brando's quote in the film On The Waterfront. Brando plays a once promising boxer whose career has been ruined by a fixed fight. "I coulda been a contender!" Brando cried, implying he could have been the boxer whom everyone wanted to defeat. WORD FAMILYcontender: contenders+/contend: contended, contender, contending, contends, contention/contention: contentions, contentious/contentious: contentiously, contentiousness, noncontentious USAGE EXAMPLESFor the first 30 minutes of the first round, Tech looked like a Big 12 contender. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) But eventually we eliminated the contenders whom we considered to be unqualified or disagreeable, whittling our choices down until only two major candidates were left. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) It would soon become apparent that he was, and as the campaign unfolded, Priebus began talking to Trump far more frequently than the other contenders. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) n the contestant you hope to defeat Syn|Hypo|Hyper challenger, competition, competitor, rival champ, champion, title-holder someone who has won first place in a competition comersomeone with a promising future finalista contestant who reaches the final stages of a competition enemy, foea personal enemy favorite, favourite, front-runnera competitor thought likely to win king, queen, world-beatera competitor who holds a preeminent position runner-up, second bestthe competitor who finishes second scratcha competitor who has withdrawn from competition semifinalistone of four competitors remaining in a tournament by elimination street fightera contestant who is very aggressive and willing to use underhand methods tierany one of two or more competitors who tie one another tiltersomeone who engages in a tilt or joust mortal enemyan enemy who wants to kill you record-breaker, record-holdersomeone who breaks a record contestant a person who participates in competitions |
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