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

• 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。
• She has been living in a goldfish bowl since she won the beauty contest.
  自从她选美获胜后，她就像活在金鱼缸中，任人参观，毫无隐私。
• 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。
• She won the second prize in a beauty contest.
  她在一次选美比赛中赢得了亚军。
• Sofia met producer and future husband Carlo Ponti while competing in another beauty contest.
  在另一次选美比赛中，她遇到了制片人即后来成她丈夫的卡洛·庞帝。
• You look like you won a beauty contest.
  你看起来像是赢了选美比赛一样。
• 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。
• Outside pressure and changes in society, therefore, brought about changes in the beauty contest world.
  外界的压力和社会的变化，因而，世界性的选美活动带来了改变。
• Diana won the beauty contest yesterday.
  黛安娜在昨天的选美比赛中获胜。
• 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。