serious/strong/leading etc contender• The Hurricanes kept Covington, and he is a strong contender for the starting job.• Scranton / Wilkes-Barre hitting coach Jerry Martin is a strong contender for freakinjury of the year.• I was now a serious contender for the goldmedal.• A serious contender for Vibes album of the year.• Nearly all the leading contenders have all been eliminated over the last year or so.• Over the last week Johnson, a native of West Salem, Wis., became the leading contender for the post.• Solar power and fusion power are the two leading contenders.• We were looking at a very serious contender indeed.
ADJECTIVE | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤serious, strong須認真對待的/強有力的競爭者▸➤leading, main, major, number-one, obvious, top主要的競爭對手;最強的競爭對手;顯而易見的競爭者◇Senator Clinton was considered a leading contender for the Democratic presidential nomination.克林頓參議員被認為是民主黨總統候選人提名的主要競爭者。➤genuine, legitimate, likely, possible, real, worthy真正的競爭者;合法的競爭者;很可能構成競爭的對手;可能的競爭對手;真正的競爭者;有實力的競爭者▸➤presidential總統職位角逐者▸➤Democratic, Republican民主黨/共和黨競爭者▸➤championship, medal, title冠軍爭奪者;獎牌爭奪者◇He's gone from being a serious title contender to being totally written off.他從一個不可小覷的冠軍爭奪者變成了一個徹頭徹尾的敗將。➤play-off (in American football美式橄欖球)季後賽競爭者PREPOSITION➤contender for⋯的爭奪者◇a strong contender for the gold medal強有力的金牌爭奪者