contend
/kənˈtɛnd/ 动词 C1中文： 奋斗、掙扎、竞争、斗争
- To be in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.
- To struggle or exert oneself to obtain or retain possession of, or to defend. · 17th century, John Dryden, Epistle III to the Lady Castlemain You sit above, and see vain men below / Contend for what you only can bestow.
- To be in debate; to engage in discussion; to dispute; to argue.
- To believe (something is reasonable) and argue (for it); to advocate. · In this paper the author contends that no useful results can be obtained if this method is used.
- To try to cope with a difficulty or problem.
He/she/it contends · 过去式 contended · 过去分词 contended · -ing形式 contending
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“I would swear to it; what I heard of his symptoms agrees too well with what I have seen in the other cases.” Villefort ceased to contend; he only groaned.
A Dolphin saw the Monkey contending with the waves, and supposing him to be a man (whom he is always said to befriend), came and placed himself under him, to convey him on his back in safety to the shore.
It fell among some Reeds, which it thus addressed: “I wonder how you, who are so light and weak, are not entirely crushed by these strong winds.” They replied, “You fight and contend with the wind, and consequently you are destroyed; while we on the contrary bend before the least breath of air, and therefore remain unbroken, and escape.”
The first difficulty which we had to contend with was the finding of this American’s antecedents.
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