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单词 contestant
释义
contestantcon‧tes‧tant /kənˈtestənt/ noun [countable] Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Contestants for the game show go through a tough selection process.
  • a beauty pageant contestant
  • Each contestant has to answer questions on a variety of subjects.
  • Suzanne was a beauty-queen contestant in college.
  • The next contestant is Alice Myers from Vancouver.
  • The next contestant is Diane Massa of Bay Ridge.
  • The questions that contestants must answer get more difficult as the game goes on.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Asking contestants to now get real and find an individual style is confusing the game.
  • At 8am each morning, the 80-odd contestants were expected to run a full marathon while it was still cool enough.
  • By the end of the show, the contestants are perched on piles of pillows of varying heights.
  • Cunningly simple: two contestants, three rounds and a panel of three celebrity judges.
  • Dealers would put down the phones, crowding in a circle round the contestants.
  • In such cases, the official acting on behalf of the contestant may approach the arbitrator directly.
  • The bout is over as soon as either contestant achieves that score.
  • The first half of the match has finished with the contestants level at 6 points each.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorsomeone who takes part in a competition
someone who takes part in a competition: · Two of the competitors failed to turn up for the first race.· Each of these competitors has their eye on the £50,000 prize money.
someone who takes part in a contest, a television game, test of knowledge etc: · The next contestant is Alice Myers from Vancouver.· Each contestant has to answer questions on a variety of subjects.
someone who plays a game or does a sport
someone who takes part in a game or competition: · One of the players has been sent off the field.baseball/tennis/chess etc player: · He is recognized as the world's greatest chess player.· The school has a reputation for producing top-class football players.
someone who is competing, especially against a lot of people, in a particular game or competition: · The competitors tonight come from all over the world.· The competitors in the 100m sprint are being asked to take their places at the start.
someone who takes part in a competition or game: · Contestants for the game show go through a tough selection process.· a beauty pageant contestant
someone who takes part in and is usually good at a sport, especially as a profession: · Tonight we remember one of the greatest sportsmen of our time.· The prizes are being presented by sportswoman Tessa Sanderson.· He won the magazine's "Sportsman of the Year" award in 1999.
someone who takes part in something
formal someone who takes part in an organized event or activity: · This summer's children's art program had 14 participants.· At the end of the conference, all the participants were asked to fill out a questionnaire.participant in: · Reyes is an active participant in the protest movement.
someone who takes part in a race, game, or competition: · One of the competitors hurt her leg during the race.· Twenty-seven competitors from around the country will take part in Sunday's monster truck rally.
formal someone who takes part in a competition: · Davis was selected from 200,000 entrants to win the trip to the Super Bowl.· The winning entrant will receive a scholarship to the famous college of art and a year's supply of artist's materials.
someone who takes part in a competition or game, especially one that is judged by a group of judges: · Suzanne was a beauty-queen contestant in college.· The questions that contestants must answer get more difficult as the game goes on.
the piece of work or answer which someone has sent to be judged in a competition: · All entries for the contest must be received by September 11.· Her entry in the "Funniest Photo Contest" won third prize.· Organizers of the Lawson short story competition have received over 100,000 entries.
the people involved are the people who are taking part or who took part in an activity or event: · In court she gave evidence about her torture, naming the officers involved.· Most of the people involved have by now either died or moved away.· Following the riots, the university promised to discipline all those involved.
someone who takes part in a game: · Up to six players can play this game on-line.· It's now the turn of player number three.·
someone who competes in a contest
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