contenders

英 [kənˈtɛndəz]

美 [kənˈtɛndərz]

n.  竞争者; 角逐者; 争夺者
contender的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 竞争者;争夺者
  Acontenderis someone who takes part in a competition.
  1. Her trainer said yesterday that she would be a strong contender for a place in Britain's Olympic squad...
     她的教练昨天说，她将是英国奥运代表队席位的有力争夺者。
  2. Our British Affairs correspondent reports on how the three contenders reacted to the news of the resignation.
     我们的“英国国内事务”记者报道了3名竞争者对辞职消息的反应。

双语例句

• The leading contenders are still slogging it out.
  处于领先位置的竞争者仍在激烈地角逐。
• We've outlined the contenders below-so have a read and then cast your vote.
  我们将在以下的参选球员中选出，因此，你可以先读他们的背景资料，然后投票。
• Indeed, the final six candidates drawn from a mixture of academia and finance were all strong contenders.
  确实，从学术界和金融行业中挑选出来的6名最终候选人，都是强有力的竞争者。
• Who are the main contenders in the Party leadership stakes?
  在该党领导人的争夺战中谁是主要的竞争者？
• Tichy is concerned also that GM has given important jobs to the other CEO contenders.
  蒂奇还注意到通用汽车将许多重要的职位赋予了其他首席执行官的竞争者。
• He is probably the least flamboyant of the Republican contenders.
  共和党各角逐中，他大概是最不引人注目的。
• A few centuries later, I already have a few contenders for my favorite fountain in Rome.
  在数个世纪后，已有多座罗马喷泉竞相成为我的最爱。
• And that could have political consequences, since one of the leading Republican contenders for the presidency in 2008 is a Mormon.
  此外，既然共和党2008年总统大选竞争者中的领先人之一是个摩门教徒，这就会产生政治影响。
• She's one of three contenders for the vice-presidency.
  她是副总统职位的3个竞争者之一。
• This year's Oscar contenders gathered in Los Angeles on Monday for the traditional nominees'luncheon.
  今年的奥斯卡竞争者们本周一齐聚洛杉矶，参加奥斯卡提名人午宴。