contention
争吵
常用释义
英音[ kənˈtenʃ(ə)n ]
美音[ kənˈtenʃ(ə)n ]
变形
复数:
contentions
基本释义
- n. 看法，观点；争论，争吵；争夺，竞争
考试频率
六级
考频：近五年出现1次
- n. 争论; 争辩
例句
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1·One area of contention is the availability of nursery care.争论的一个方面是提供幼儿保育的可能性。来源: 《牛津词典》
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2·His case has become a source of contention between civil liberties activists and the government.他的案子已变成了公民自由活动家们和政府之间的争论缘由。来源: 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
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3·This is an extreme example again, but it shows that the scheduling overhead of contention is not trivial.这又是一个极端的示例，但它表明争论的调度开销并不是微不足道的。
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4·Explicit corporate values, for example, produced a greater percentage of decisions that were stressful due to value contention.例如，明确的企业价值观会导致更大比例的决策因价值争夺而产生压力。
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5·Although explicit values created more value contention, they were nonetheless more likely to produce flexible, well-reasoned decisions.虽然明确的价值观创造了更多的价值争夺，但它们更有可能使人们做出灵活、合理的决定。
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6·No other European nation sipped tea like the British, which, by Macfarlanes logic, pushed these other countries out of contention for the revolution.没有其他欧洲国家像英国那样嗜茶，按照麦克法兰的逻辑，英国把其他国家赶出了这场革命的争夺。
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7·In the 1980's, however, Bakker's contention began to be questioned, as a number of scientists found growth rings in the bones of various dinosaurs that are much like those in modern reptiles.然而，到了20世纪80年代，巴克的论点开始受到质疑，因为许多科学家在各种恐龙的骨骼中发现了与现代爬行动物相似的生长环。
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8·Even if true, this evidence does not refute the contention that editors should bear some of the blame for the reductions, unless editors are merely passive instruments responding to reader interest.即使这是真的，这一证据也不能反驳编辑应该承担部分责任的论点，除非编辑只是被动地回应读者的兴趣。
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9·I would reject that contention.我不会同意那种观点。来源: 《牛津词典》
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10·Only three teams are now in contention for the title.现在只有三个队有机会夺冠。来源: 《牛津词典》
网络释义
- bone of contention : 争论的焦点；争端的原因
- contention window : [通讯]竞争窗口
- resource contention : 资源冲突；资源竞争
同根词
词根：
contend