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

• He is probably the least flamboyant of the Republican contenders.
  共和党各角逐中，他大概是最不引人注目的。
• Both contenders are campaigning for delegates in the final three primaries between now and Tuesday.
  两位候选人都希望在下星期二前举行的最后三场初选中赢得更多代表人票。
• 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。
• 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。
• Whether or not candidates are strong contenders, I always ask what questions they have for me.
  不论应试者是否是强有力的应聘人，我总会问他们有什么问题。
• Mr Clegg played the outsider, opening with a reference to his fellow contenders as "these two".
  尼克先生扮演了外来者的身份，同他的竞争者表演成两个人。
• The Eiffel Tower and the Acropolis had also been contenders.
  埃菲尔铁塔和雅典卫城也参与了此次竞选。
• 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。
• There are two contenders here.
  这里有两个竞争者。
• 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。