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contend

verb
 
🔊/kənˈtend/
🔊/kənˈtend/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they contend
🔊/kənˈtend/
🔊/kənˈtend/
he / she / it contends
🔊/kənˈtendz/
🔊/kənˈtendz/
past simple contended
🔊/kənˈtendɪd/
🔊/kənˈtendɪd/
past participle contended
🔊/kənˈtendɪd/
🔊/kənˈtendɪd/
-ing form contending
🔊/kənˈtendɪŋ/
🔊/kənˈtendɪŋ/
Phrasal Verbs
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  1.  
    [transitive] contend that… (formal) to say that something is true, especially in an argument（尤指在争论中）声称，主张，认为 synonym maintain
    • I would contend that the minister's thinking is flawed on this point.我倒认为部长的想法在这一点上有漏洞。🔊🔊
    Topics Opinion and argumentc1
  2.  
    [intransitive] contend (for something) to compete against somebody in order to gain something竞争；争夺
    • Three armed groups were contending for power.三个武装集团在争夺权力。🔊🔊
    3. Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘compete for (something)’): from Old French contendre or Latin contendere, from con- ‘with’ + tendere ‘stretch, strive’.