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

• Presidential contenders John McCain and Barack Obama debated the wisdom of dealing directly with Iran Monday.
  美国两位总统竞争者麦凯恩和奥巴马星期一就如何更明智地直接同伊朗打交道进行了辩论。
• The Jazz have a nice core group that's probably one player away from being title contenders.
  爵士的核心阵容很不错，只需要再补充一名队员就能成为总冠军的有力争夺者。
• The two contenders for the heavyweight title.
  重量级冠军的两名争夺者。
• 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。
• 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 for the title?
  谁是这一称号的主要竞争者？
• There are two contenders here.
  这里有两个竞争者。
• I think we're beginning to rattle the other contenders.
  我想我们已经让其他竞争者们慌了手脚。
• 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。
• The two contenders for the world championship will meet for a show-down next month.
  两位世界冠军竞争者将于下月一决雌雄。