| 单词 | contested |
| 释义 | contested (once / 1606 pages) adj Something that's contested is argued over or questioned. Contested election results may need to be re-counted, since the two sides can't agree on their validity. Controversial and contentious issues — like debated topics or lawsuits — are often described as "hotly contested," or energetically argued over. Elections, community issues, sporting matches, and scientific ideas are all frequently contested. The word has been used since the 1770s to describe political elections in the US, and it comes from the Latin word contestari, "to call to witness or bring action." WORD FAMILYcontested: uncontested+/contest: contestable, contestation, contested, contestee, contester, contesting, contests/contestable: contestably, incontestable/contestation: contestations/contestee: contestees/contester: contesters/incontestable: incontestably/uncontested: uncontestedly USAGE EXAMPLESWeeks after Trump won, while losing the popular vote by 2.8 million, Democrats barely contested a key Senate election in Louisiana. Salon(Jan 01, 2017) Earlier this week, China’s first aircraft carrier and five other warships held drills that passed by Taiwan and sailed through the contested South China Sea. Seattle Times(Dec 30, 2016) But college football is often contested on a razor’s edge. Los Angeles Times(Dec 30, 2016) adj disputed or made the object of contention or competition a contested election Ant uncontested not disputed and not made the object of contention or competition |
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