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

• 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。
• 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。
• Tichy is concerned also that GM has given important jobs to the other CEO contenders.
  蒂奇还注意到通用汽车将许多重要的职位赋予了其他首席执行官的竞争者。
• We've outlined the contenders below-so have a read and then cast your vote.
  我们将在以下的参选球员中选出，因此，你可以先读他们的背景资料，然后投票。
• A number of recent polls have found many Republicans dissatisfied with the current crop of presidential contenders.
  最近，有不少民调都显示，美国全国各地的共和党人，对目前出来竞选共和党总统候选人的，都不是十分满意。
• 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 leading contenders are still slogging it out.
  处于领先位置的竞争者仍在激烈地角逐。
• Oh, and in case you're wondering: all the remaining presidential contenders are terrible on this issue.
  还有让你担心的：目前仅存的总统候选人在这个问题上都非常糟糕。
• 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。
• There are two contenders here.
  这里有两个竞争者。