challenger

英 [ˈtʃælɪndʒə(r)]

美 [ˈtʃælɪndʒər]

n.  (体育运动或政治的)挑战者

复数：challengers　

BEC经济

BNC.9110 / COCA.8781

牛津词典

noun

• （体育运动或政治的）挑战者
  a person who competes with sb else in sport or in politics for an important position that the other person already holds
  1. the official challenger for the world championship title
     世界冠军头衔的正式挑战者

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (职位或头衔的)挑战者
  Achallengeris someone who competes with you for a position or title that you already have, for example being a sports champion or a political leader.
  1. Draskovic has emerged as the strongest challenger to the leader of the Serbian government...
     德拉什科维奇一跃成为塞尔维亚政府领导人最大的挑战者。
  2. The One Australia syndicate is to become the sixth challenger for the 1995 Americas Cup.
     名为“澳洲一号”的船队将成为争夺1995年美洲杯的第6个挑战者。

英英释义

noun

• the contestant you hope to defeat
  1. he had respect for his rivals
  2. he wanted to know what the competition was doing
  Synonym:rivalcompetitorcompetitioncontender

双语例句

• Bombardier became a huge company, with activities in aerospace and transportation, with subsidiaries like Challenger and Global.
  庞巴迪公司是一个巨大的公司，在航空航天活动和交通运输，喜欢与子公司和全球挑战者。
• Draskovic has emerged as the strongest challenger to the leader of the Serbian government
  德拉什科维奇一跃成为塞尔维亚政府领导人最大的挑战者。
• Sir Richard has been playing the challenger for a long time.
  理查德爵士已经扮演了很久的挑战者角色。
• But this is a challenger they've never seen.
  但这是一个它们从未见过的挑战者。
• Determining how the Democratic challenger would conduct his presidency isn't quite so obvious.
  这位民主党挑战者将如何履行总统职务还不能明确判断。
• This picture of course you recall from the space shuttle Challenger when it failed.
  看到这张照片大家当然想起了，挑战号飞船的失败。
• This could be the winning game for the challenger, who only needs two more points for the championship.
  这场比赛可能是挑战者获胜，他只要再得两分就得冠军了。
• You have helped us kick-off the general election on the strongest footing of any presidential challenger ever.
  你们帮助我们在大选初期，就在所有总统候选人中占据了最强有力的地位。
• It would seem that the defending champion has met her match in the new challenger.
  卫冕者似乎遇到了实力相当的挑战者。
• A fight was scheduled between the world boxing champion and the challenger.
  世界拳击冠军和挑战者之间将有一橙赛。