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

• 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。
• The disappointed runner-up in the beauty contest damned with faint praise the newly crowned queen.
  在比美赛中失失望的亚军明褒实贬新选出的王后。
• A group of nomads have a kind of beauty contest that extend for one week every year.
  一群游牧人民每年有一种延续一周的选美大赛。
• She entered for beauty contest last year and won the first prize.
  她去年参加了选美比赛，赢了一等奖。
• JOHN MAYNARD KEYNES once likened investing to judging a beauty contest.
  约翰梅纳德凯恩斯曾经将投资来衡量一个选美比赛。
• 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。
• Have you ever participated any beauty contest before?
  以前有否参加过任何选美比赛？
• Have you ever entered a beauty contest? Yes, I have.
  你有没有曾经参加过一次美妙的比赛？
• She took the first place in the beauty contest.
  她在选美比赛中得了第一名。
• Today is the Beauty Contest of fruit.
  今天是水果家族的选美比赛。