contest

contest
noun
  1. an event in which people compete for supremacy in a sport or other activity, or in a quality
    竞赛，比赛
    a tennis contest.
    网球赛。
    ■a competition for a political position
    政治职位的竞争
    a leadership contest.
    竞争领导岗位。
    ■a dispute or conflict
    争论；争辩；争执；冲突
    a contest between traditional and liberal views.
    传统观点和自由观点之间的冲突。
verb
[with obj.]
  1. engage in competition to attain (a position of power)
    竞争，争夺（权位）
    she declared her intention to contest the presidency.
    她宣布她打算竞选总统。
    ■take part in (a competition or election)
    参加（竞争，选举）
    a coalition was formed to contest the presidential elections.
    组成联盟以参加总统选举。
  2. oppose (an action, decision, or theory) as mistaken or wrong
    对（行为，决定，理论）提出质疑（或异议）；反驳，辩驳
    the former chairman contests his dismissal.
    前主席对他被免职提出异议。
    ■engage in dispute about
    争论；争辩；辩论
    the issues have been hotly contested.
    这些问题引起了激烈的辩论。
常用词组
no contest
  1. (chiefly US). another term for nolo contendere
    (主美)。 同 nolo contendere
    he pleaded no contest to two misdemeanor counts.
    他对被控的两项轻罪申明不抗辩。
  2. a decision by the referee to declare a boxing match invalid on the grounds that one or both of the boxers are not making serious efforts
    （裁判因拳手比赛消极而宣布）比赛无效，比赛作废
    ■a competition, comparison, or choice of which the outcome is a foregone conclusion
    已成定局的竞赛（或比较，选择）
    when the two teams faced each other it was no contest.
    当这两支球队对阵时，一切已成定局。
派生
contestability
noun
contestable
adjective
contester
noun
语源
  1. late 16th cent. (as a verb in the sense 'swear to, attest'): from Latin contestari 'call upon to witness, initiate an action (by calling witnesses'), from con- 'together' + testare 'to witness'. The senses 'wrangle, strive, struggle for' arose in the early 17th cent., whence the current noun and verb senses
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