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

• While Xie has a strong lock on the title of world's longest hair, there is a challenger.
  虽然谢了一份关于世界上最长的头发冠军有力的锁，有一个挑战者。
• He was once a challenger to mitterrand's leadership.
  他曾一度是密特朗的领导地位的挑战者。
• 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。
• Ah. I? Ve waitting for a new challenger!
  啊，我正等待着一个新的挑战者！
• You send me to meet my challenger, whatever it may be.
  你送我去见我的对手，不管它是个什么模样。
• 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。
• Some of the challenger companies have already achieved great success.
  一些具有挑战能力的公司已经取得了巨大的成功。
• 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。
• Since she got to the top, she has carefully removed every potential challenger from office.
  自从登上权力顶峰，她小心地罢黜了每一个潜在的挑战者。
• The world champion was dethroned last night by a young challenger.
  世界冠军昨晚被一个年轻的挑战者打败了。