大学英语词汇短语释义解析及例句 contend


释义：

contend v. 声称，主张；竞争，争夺；处理，对付
[ 第三人称单数 contends 现在分词 contending 过去式 contended 过去分词 contended ]

例句：



He well knew the futility of trying to contend against witches, so he gave up discouraged.

他深知与女巫斗争是徒劳无益的，所以他灰心丧气地放弃了。



Modern European states, they contend, appeared after the Renaissance through the rise of nations.

他们争辩道，现代欧洲国家是在文艺复兴之后通过国家的崛起而出现的。



It is time, once again, to contend with racism.

又是对付种族主义的时候了。



Nurses often have to contend with violent or drunken patients.

护士经常不得不对付粗暴的或喝醉酒的病人。



The competitors had to contend with squally weather conditions.

这些参赛者不得不应付狂风肆虐的天气条件。



I would contend that the minister's thinking is flawed on this point.

我倒认为部长的想法在这一点上有漏洞。



She had to contend with day care for her 2-year-old twins being cancelled.

她不得不就她两岁大的双胞胎日托被取消一事进行交涉。



This is the development in education that we have to contend with.

这是我们在教育中所必须应对的发展。



Hunt and Lipo contend that moai-building was an activity that helped keep the peace between islanders.

亨特和利波认为，建造摩艾岛的活动有助于维持岛上居民之间的和平。



That's the challenge that traditional luxury brands will have to contend with in the mid-to long-term future.

这是传统奢侈品在中长期的未来不得不应对的挑战。



Some scientists contend that many species of dinosaur had a metabolism more like a warm-blooded mammal's than a cold-blooded reptile's.

一些科学家认为，许多种类的恐龙的新陈代谢更像温血哺乳动物，而不是冷血爬行动物。



Some researchers contend that sleep plays no role in the consolidation of declarative memory (i.e., memory involving factual information).

一些研究者认为，睡眠对于陈述性记忆（例如：牵扯到事实信息的记忆）的巩固没有影响。



Some industry members contend that having 50 different sets of rules, licensing fees and even definitions of "medical practice" makes less sense in the era of telemedicine and is hampering its growth.

一些业内人士认为，在远程医疗的时代，50套不同的规则、不同的许可费用甚至是对“医疗实践”的不同定义都没有什么意义，并且阻碍了远程医疗的发展。



The firm is too small to contend against [with] large international companies.

这家公司太小，无法与国际性的大公司抗争。



Anyone actually venturing into the sea will have to contend with sharks, stinging jellyfish and surfboarders.

任何真正冒险进入大海的人都必须与鲨鱼、蜇人的水母和冲浪运动员搏斗。



There was a new problem to contend with.

又有一个新的难题需要我来应付。



They have to contend against draught every year.

他们每年都得与干旱做斗争。



We contend that the second example is more consumable.

我们认为第二个示例的易用性更好一些。



Africa would also have to contend with huge economic losses.

此外，非洲还必须应付巨大的经济损伤。



The euro zone also has financial imbalances to contend with.

欧元区同样需要解决金融不平衡的问题。



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。



And now we have another great global contagion to contend with.

现在我们又有一种重大全球传染病要应对。



Every animal has its peculiarities that you have to contend with.

你必须能够应付每一种动物的特殊习性。