🔍 牛津詞典
🔍 朗文詞典 🎯
🔍 劍橋詞典
🔍 柯林斯詞典
🔍 麥美倫詞典
🔍 韋氏詞典

檢索以下詞典：
(Mr. Ng 不推薦使用 Google 翻譯！)
最近搜尋：
IELTS BNC: 3919 COCA: 3062

contest

Word family 
con·test1 /ˈkɒntest $ ˈkɑːn-/ ●●○ W3 noun [countableC]
1  COMPETITIONa competition or a situation in which two or more people or groups are competing with each other 比賽，競賽
contest for
the bitter contest for the Republican presidential nomination
爭奪共和黨總統候選人提名的激烈競爭
Stone decided to hold a contest to see who could write the best song.
斯通決定舉行一場比賽，看誰能夠寫出最佳歌曲。
I only entered the contest for fun.
我只是爲了好玩才參加這次比賽的。
It is clear that the election will be a close contest.
顯然這次選舉將是一場難分高下的角逐。
contest between/against
the 1960 contest between Kennedy and Nixon
1960年肯尼迪和尼克鬆之間的角逐
the 1975 Liberal leadership contest
1975年自由黨的領導權之爭
2  no contest informalWIN
a) spoken used to say that someone or something is the best of its kind 無競爭對手，無敵手
I think you’re the best rider here, no contest.
我認爲你是這裏最優秀的騎手，根本就沒有對手。
b) if a victory is no contest, it is very easy to achieve 赢得很輕鬆，勝得不費力
Examples from the Corpus
no contest• In April, Sharpe pleaded guilty to possessing a crack pipe and no contest to attempted aggravated assault.• At present there is no contest for the five and threes enthusiasts in the county although there is a national competition.• The study excluded cases in which defendants pleaded guilty or no contest, and it did not involve new interviews with defendants.• The company also pleaded no contest to falsifying its records to hide the illegal contributions.• Unocal later pleads no contest to 12 criminal counts filed by the state and agrees to pay a $ 3 million fine.• In the end, it was no contest with the Cardinals beating the Mets 9-2.• Hooker, Glynn Mann got them back into it and after that there was no contest.• There was no contest between the levers.• And of course there were no contested elections.
3. plead no contest law to state that you will not offer a defence in a court of law for something wrong you have done 提出不作抗辯
Examples from the Corpus
plead no contest• Irvin is on probation after pleading no contest in July to a felony charge of cocaine possession.• Irvin served a five-game suspension this season after pleading no contest to felony cocaine possession.• The company also pleaded no contest to falsifying its records to hide the illegal contributions.• Burgess pleaded no contest and was fined $ 150.• Last month, he pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor voter-fraud charge.• He pleaded no contest to driving without a license.• Unocal later pleads no contest to 12 criminal counts filed by the state and agrees to pay a $ 3 million fine.• As a result, McCowan pleaded no contest, Sacks said.• Earlier this week, Sherrod pleaded no contest to contempt of court for fleeing Holley.
n COLLOCATIONS
verbs
enter a contest (=take part in one)
Anyone over 18 years old can enter the contest.
take part in a contest
Twenty-five countries took part in the contest.
compete in a contest
The band has competed in many contests over the years.
win/lose a contest
He won a public-speaking contest at his school.
withdraw from a contest (=stop taking part in a contest)
Two candidates had withdrawn from the contest.
have/hold a contest
My college holds an athletics contest once a year.
a contest takes place
The contest took place in Berlin.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + contest
a leadership contest (=in which two politicians compete to become leader of their party)
The party did not want the turmoil of a leadership contest.
a presidential contest
the 1987 U.S presidential contest
an electoral/election contest
What will be the outcome of the electoral contest?
a beauty contest (=to find the most beautiful person)
Miss Colombia won the beauty contest.
a talent contest (=to find the best performer)
She's singing a song in the school talent contest.
a popularity contest (=to decide which person people like the most)
The competition has turned into a popularity contest.
close (=one which someone wins by a very small amount)
The race was a close contest between two evenly matched crews.
fair (=one in which everyone has the same chance of winning)
Divide the class into groups in a way that will make it a fair contest.
even/equal British EnglishBrE (=one in which everyone has the same chance of winning)
One of the men was much older so it was hardly an even contest.
uneven/unequal British EnglishBrE (=one in which one of the people, groups etc has a better chance of winning)
Given their military strength, the war was a pretty unequal contest.
Examples from the Corpus
contest• Harriet decided to enter Henry in the cute baby contest.• She won several beauty contests when she was in her early twenties.• But one thing remained constant: In a big contest, Gretzky will come through in a big way.• a close contest for the mayor's job• The essay contest is open to all teenagers.• We had many good contests on the track and there was some conflict off the track as well.• Jack always wins the pub's karaoke contest.• The company also pleaded no contest to falsifying its records to hide the illegal contributions.• The event, held every four years in Fort Worth, Texas, is the country's leading piano contest.• In the tactical contest Wilkinson emerged on top.• Lena knew that she had entered the contest without the support of others in the church.• Did I mention that the contest is also a fund-raiser?• He looked very nice in it and he did win the contest, so Ken did know what he was doing.• As the boss of this contest, you get to set the rules.• Jake always enters the arm-wrestling contest at the local fair.
leadership contest• He voted for Mr Heseltine rather than Mrs Thatcher in the 1990 leadership contest.• He presided over the 1990 leadership contest that saw the departure of Margaret Thatcher and the arrival of John Major.• Refuse to play games Is there an alternative for Labour to the introspection of leadership contests and inquests?• By the closing date for nominations for the leadership contest of Nov. 15 only Thatcher and Heseltine had been nominated.• His next sentence unobtrusively removed an argument that might have been used against me in the leadership contest.• Labour's National Executive Committee agreed last night that the leadership contest should take place at a special conference on July 18.• He certainly welcomed the leadership contest, but then so did many others.
Related topics: Law
con·test2 /kənˈtest/ ●●○ verb [transitiveT] formal
1  SCLto say formally that you do not accept something or do not agree with it 對…提出質疑；抗辯
His brothers are contesting the will.
他的兄弟們對遺囑提出質疑。
2  COMPETE WITH/TRY TO BEATto compete for something or to try to win it 競爭，爭奪，角逐
His wife is contesting a seat on the council.
他妻子在角逐市政會的一個席位。
Examples from the Corpus
contest• The ruling party will contest 158 seats in Algeria's elections.• Among domestic mergers, the buyout of Credito Romagnolo was the most contested.• No one seriously contests any more that a hostile tax climate has hurt New York's economy.• The leadership election will be contested by four candidates.• The region has been fiercely contested by guerrillas and the paramilitary forces for the past few years.• These last propositions were hotly contested in the apostolic community.• Congress had granted him another amnesty to contest the 1992 election.• The pharmacy company contested the agency's findings.• She filed in the fall of 1989, and at that time, her former husband did not contest the petition.• In 1991 White contested the US Open and the J G Scott Trophy.-• Medical science is contesting the will.
Origin contest2
(1500-1600) French contester, from Latin contestari “to call a witness, bring a legal case”, from com- ( → COM-) + testis “witness”

👨🏻‍🏫 Mr. Ng 朗文詞典 📚 – longman.mister5️⃣.net
切换为简体中文
Site Uptime