contend怎么读,contend的音标和真人发音
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contend是什么意思,contend的意思是

vi.争夺;竞争;奋斗;争斗
vt.声称,主张;争论,争辩;斗争,战斗

contend 记忆方法

contend的词根或词缀是: tend  tent  tens  

contend 变化形式

第三人称单数: contends
过去式: contended
过去分词: contended
现在分词: contending
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contend的词源和记忆技巧

contend 声称,主张
con-, 强调。-tend, 伸出,伸长。词根ten含有多种引申词义,1. 持,握,词源同tenure, contain. 2. 伸长,拉紧,词源同tend, tense, 3. 变细,变弱,attenuate, extenuate。

contend 的用法和双语例句“点击”或“选中”例句中的单词,就可以看到词义解释

Critics contend that it did little to prevent the worst abuses of the conflict , including the 1995 srebrenica massacre .
批评者争辩说这种做法对于冲突中最坏的方面几乎没有作用,包括1995年斯雷布雷尼察大屠杀。
The rail ministry 's new leaders brought in after the corruption investigation contend that safety concerns are misplaced .
在前任因腐败被查后,新上任的铁道部部长争辩说,针对安全问题的指责是不合时宜的。
On what grounds , a priori or empirical , can anyone contend that no such individual exists ?
一个人基于什么理由可以争辩说这样的人不存在?这理由是先验的还是经验的?
The party of george bush , they contend , favours teaching creationism , denies that mankind is broiling the planet and blocks medical research out of religious pigheadedness .
他们声称:乔治布什这一派系,一直鼓吹上帝创造学说否认人类是全球变暖的罪魁祸首,并且因为他们的僵化的宗教信仰而阻碍医学研究。
Archaeologists contend that human ancestors lost their standard ape body hair when they left the shade of the forests for the hot , open savanna and needed bare skin for efficient sweating .
考古学家则声称,人类祖先失去猿体的典型毛发的时间是:他们离开森林的荫蔽而前去炎热开阔的稀树草原,于是需要裸露的皮肤以提高排汗的效率。
It has to contend with pirates at sea and armed groups on land .
它们需要在海上与海盗们抗争,而在陆地上又要与武装组织战斗。
That other factor , they contend , is mom 's metabolic rate .
他们争论道,所指的其他因素就是母亲的新陈代谢率。
Third , european entrepreneurs must still contend with thick red tape .
第三大限制是,欧洲企业家至今仍要同恼人的“繁文缛节”做抗争。
Scientists contend that the money disbursed so far has been spent ineffectually and that a more energetic outreach effort is needed .
科学家们争论说这笔拨款目前为止花费得没有效益,需要有一个更有利力的服务拓展效果。
Doomsters contend that it is all too late anyway : iran is already so close to the nuclear threshold that the main effort should now be to dissuade potential nuclear rivals , such as saudi arabia and egypt , from taking the same path .
悲观主义者声称一切都太迟了;伊朗已快踏入核武器的大门,我们现在的主要工作就是劝阻潜在的核武器对手,诸于沙特阿拉伯,埃及走上同意的道路。

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