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contender n.竞争者 (1) 她是入选队伍强有力的竞争者。(2) 高通最近已经成为一个强劲的竞争者。 Contender has a slightly different meaning than competitor, often implying a more vigorous, even scrappier, sense of taking on every unexpected challenge. The most famous use of contender is Marlon Brando's quote in the film On The Waterfront. Brando plays a once promising boxer whose career has been ruined by a fixed fight. "I coulda been a contender!" Brando cried, implying he could have been the boxer whom everyone wanted to defeat.

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英 [kən'tendə] 美 [kən'tendə] (1) She is a strong contender for the team.(2) Qualcomm has recently become a serious contender. Baseball players, boxers, politicians: each is a contender in that they compete or campaign to win something. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]竞争者；争夺者 A contender is someone who takes part in a competition.   [usu with supp]  [JOURNALISM 新闻]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。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。

英语单词	contender
英美音标	英 [kən'tendə] 美 [kən'tendə]
中文释义	n.竞争者
英语例句	(1) She is a strong contender for the team. (2) Qualcomm has recently become a serious contender.
中文例句	(1) 她是入选队伍强有力的竞争者。 (2) 高通最近已经成为一个强劲的竞争者。
vocabulary简明	Baseball players, boxers, politicians: each is a contender in that they compete or campaign to win something.
vocabulary扩展	Contender has a slightly different meaning than competitor, often implying a more vigorous, even scrappier, sense of taking on every unexpected challenge. The most famous use of contender is Marlon Brando's quote in the film On The Waterfront. Brando plays a once promising boxer whose career has been ruined by a fixed fight. "I coulda been a contender!" Brando cried, implying he could have been the boxer whom everyone wanted to defeat.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]竞争者；争夺者 A contender is someone who takes part in a competition. [usu with supp] [JOURNALISM 新闻] 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。 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。

Contender Strong Implying Brando Boxer 英 Kən'tendə] 美 Kən'tendə