beauty contest

英 [ˈbjuːti kɒntest]

美 [ˈbjuːti kɑːntest]

n.  选美比赛; “选美式”竞争(指互相竞争的公司或个人为说服某人采用其服务而举行的展示活动)

牛津词典

noun

• 选美比赛
  a competition to choose the most beautiful from a group of women
• “选美式”竞争（指互相竞争的公司或个人为说服某人采用其服务而举行的展示活动）
  an occasion on which several competing companies or people try to persuade sb to use their services

柯林斯词典

• 选美比赛
  Abeauty contestis a competition in which young women are judged to decide which one is the most beautiful.

双语例句

• This is a beauty contest where all the contestants are ugly.
  这好像是一个所有参赛者都是丑八怪的选美比赛。
• You look like you won a beauty contest.
  你看起来像是赢了选美比赛一样。
• She took the first place in the beauty contest.
  她在选美比赛中得了第一名。
• We spotted the winner of the beauty contest the moment she appeared.
  她一出现，我们就认准她将在选美比赛中获胜。
• But now, beauty contest teams often have a consulting plastic surgeon on hand.
  而现在，参加选美比赛的各支团队都会配有整形顾问。
• Diana won the beauty contest yesterday.
  黛安娜在昨天的选美比赛中获胜。
• He was a judge at the beauty contest.
  他是那次选美比赛的一名评审。
• Katie is going to enter a beauty contest.
  卡蒂即将参加选美比赛。
• The final of the earliest recorded beauty contest in Britain took place, at Newcastle upon Tyne.
  英国最早有记载的选美赛比赛在泰恩河畔的纽卡斯尔举行。
• Life is one beauty contest after another.
  人生就象一个接一个的选美会。