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Contending is the -ing form of 'contend,' and it has two common uses. First, it describes people or teams competing hard for something, like a prize or a position — 'the contending teams' are the ones fighting to win. Second, 'contending' can introduce an argument someone is making — 'contending that the plan is unfair' means claiming or arguing that it's unfair. This second use is common in news writing, when reporting what someone argues in court or in an interview.
競爭中的;主張、聲稱
組成contend ('to compete, or to argue a point') + -ing (action in progress).
同家族的字
- contendcontending is simply the -ing form of the verb contend
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
contendingnoun
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contention
- in the midst of some contendings in the Church, about the government of his house
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。