3in contentionARGUEhaving a chance of winning something 有获胜机会
Owen’s goal kept England in contention.
欧文的入球使英格兰队有望获胜。
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kept ... in contention• Three penalties by Hobbs kept Bradford firmly in contention and another soon after the interval levelled the scores at 8-8.
4out of contentionno longer having a chance of winning something 失去获胜机会
Injury has put him out of contention for the title.
受伤使他失去了夺冠机会。
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contention• But some of his contentions seem overstated.• A key area of contention is the call for the wilderness to be opened to oil and gasdrilling.• Exactly how many years remains a point of contention.• Another point of contention is financial.• The main point of contention now is not whether, but how long a scaled-down force should remain.• The respondent's contention is that there is a difference between a public and a privateAct.• I could see the contention in his wrinkled face.• The contention continued for four years and the underlyingreason for it was pique.
source/area/point of contention• This surfaceinterval between leaving the bell and entering the decompression chamber, became a point of contention within the medicalprofession.• This is, of course, a point of contention which will not be pursued here but is useful to bear in mind.• How long he stays a King is a point of contention.• Another point of contention is financial.• Trifling though they may appear, these are the conventionally citedpoints of contention between the Celtic and Roman churches.• The main point of contention now is not whether, but how long a scaled-down force should remain.• Public consultation is our second majorpoint of contention.
Origincontention
(1300-1400)Old FrenchLatincontentio, from contendere; → CONTEND