contending
present participle ofcontend
| 单词 | contending |
| 释义 | contending present participle ofcontend contend verb uk/kənˈtend/us/kənˈtend/contendverb(COMPETE)[I] tocompeteinordertowinsomething: There are threeworld-classtennisplayerscontendingforthistitle. He's contendingagainstsomeone withtwicehisexperience. Competing and contending (non-sporting)
contendverb(CLAIM)[T+ (that)]formal to say that something istrueor is afact: Thelawyercontended(that)herclienthad never been near thesceneof thecrime. Assertions & asserting
Phrasal verbcontend withsomething Examplesofcontendingcontending In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. About 60 other parties also joined the electoral contest, both within and outside the majorcontendingalliances. From theCambridge English Corpus This category encompasses two hypotheses, bothcontendingthat some regions can draw on symbolic resources grounded in particular historical experiences that facilitate separatist claims. From theCambridge English Corpus For some, this will limit the book's ability to analyse the conflict's political economy and its structuration in culture andcontendingforms of power. From theCambridge English Corpus These results formalize and clarify a set ofcontendingintuitions about function that researchers have had. From theCambridge English Corpus In practice, all kinds of balances were struck between thesecontendingfactors, but verbal explanations have been inadequate. From theCambridge English Corpus Discussions are civilized affairs: verbal interchanges betweencontendingparties reveal that a mistake has been made that needs to be corrected. From theCambridge English Corpus Situations of perceived emergency can inducecontendingpolitical groups to agree upon unpopular, painful measures. From theCambridge English Corpus Existing work on family, kinship, and household size and composition reflects different concerns, and so assigning pedigree risks oversimplifyingcontendingviews. From theCambridge English Corpus Within the latter dimension, we argue that citizens can emphasize two types of criteria when they gauge the likely outcomes ofcontendingpolitical options. From theCambridge English Corpus Looked at superficially, almost total immobility seems to have been secured by thecontendingforces. From theCambridge English Corpus The media, rather, need to be understood as sites for struggle betweencontendinginfluences. From theCambridge English Corpus They present evidence from neural network modeling,contendingthat cognitive neuroscience has no definitive answers. From theCambridge English Corpus Theoretical advances and past research evidence can inform the selection ofcontendinghypotheses and the prior probabilities assigned to them. From theCambridge English Corpus If ideology is not acontendingfactor in national politics, what is? From theCambridge English Corpus The critical ideological dynamic concerns the security of the status quo and the inherent advantage or disadvantage this gives to thecontendingsides. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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