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单词 contentions
释义

contend /kən-tendˈ/

intransitive verb
  1. To strive
  2. To struggle in emulation or in opposition
  3. To dispute or debate (with against, for, with or about)
transitive verb

To maintain in dispute (that)

ORIGIN: L contendere, -tentum, from con- and tendere to stretch

contendˈent (rare) or contendˈer noun

A person who contends

contendˈing noun and adjective

Striving

contenˈtion noun

  1. Strife
  2. Debate
  3. A point argued

contenˈtious adjective

  1. In, or relating to, dispute
  2. Controversial
  3. Quarrelsome
  4. Tending to engage in disputes

contenˈtiously adverb

contenˈtiousness noun

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