contending is contend's Present Participle

contend

US [kənˈtend]
UK [kən'tend]
  • v.争夺；争论；斗争；(坚决)主张
  • Web百家争鸣；腊梅；竞争
Simple Present：contends  Present Participle：contending  Past Tense：contended  

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Web Definition

v.
1.
争夺,竞争;斗争,战斗
2.
争论,争辩
3.
(坚决)主张 (that)

Sample Sentence

Definition:
AllAll,争夺争夺,争论争论,斗争斗争,主张主张,百家争鸣百家争鸣,腊梅腊梅,竞争竞争
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1.
Mrs Clinton is contending with a single strong candidate whose campaign of change has vaulted him to the front.
克林顿正和一位因改革运动而被推上前台的强有力的候选人竞选。
kè lín dùn zhèng hé yī wèi yīn gǎi gé yùn dòng ér bèi tuī shàng qián tái de qiáng yǒu lì de hòu xuǎn rén jìng xuǎn 。
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2.
Therefore, the rim states have been drastically contending to seek sovereignty or seizing actual masterdom over this place in recent years.
近些年来，沿岸各国乃至圈外国对北极主权或实际控制权的争夺日趋激烈。
jìn xiē nián lái , yán àn gè guó nǎi zhì quān wài guó duì běi jí zhǔ quán huò shí jì kòng zhì quán de zhēng duó rì qū jī liè 。
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3.
Politicians now contending for the parliamentary "throne" might be advised to read about this Henry VII guy.
竞选议会“宝座”的政客们或许该好好读下亨利七世。
jìng xuǎn yì huì " bǎo zuò " de zhèng kè men huò xǔ gāi háo hǎo dú xià hēng lì qī shì 。
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4.
The Taliban claim responsibility for the execution-style street shooting, contending she was trying to spread Christianity.
塔利班声称对以处决的方式杀害威廉斯承担责任，因为威廉斯在试图传播基督教。
tǎ lì bān shēng chēng duì yǐ chǔ jué de fāng shì shā hài wēi lián sī chéng dān zé rèn , yīn wèi wēi lián sī zài shì tú chuán bō jī dū jiào 。
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5.
Then I'd like to give you some contending works, who knows, one of these tunes might be the Olympic theme song for 2008.
下面我来给你们介绍一些参选作品，没准儿其中哪一首就会成为2008年奥运主题曲呢。
xià mian wǒ lái gěi nǐ men jiè shào yì xiē cān xuǎn zuò pǐn , méi zhǔn er qí zhōng nǎ yī shǒu jiù huì chéng wèi liǎng nián qiān líng bā ào yùn zhǔ tí qū ne 。
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6.
Lao Zi's "not contending" is not a more sophisticated sort of contending. He was not promoting the craftiness of monarchy.
老子讲的“不争”并不是一种高明的争，他不是在提倡君王南面之术。
lǎo zi jiǎng de " bù zhēng " bìng bú shì yī zhǒng gāo míng de zhēng , tā bú shì zài tí chàng jūn wáng nán miàn zhī shù 。
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7.
Yi appears to have two seasons to live up to his potential before the Nets shift approaches from rebuilding to contending.
河蟹*似乎有两个赛季，活到他的潜力，前网转移的办法，由重建争论。
hé xiè xīng hào sì hū yǒu liǎng gè sài jì , huó dào tā de qián lì , qián wǎng zhuǎn yí de bàn fǎ , yóu chóng jiàn zhēng lùn 。
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8.
I would like to be there at the top of the table and be contending but I cannot say too much on the other teams.
而我的任务则是保证利物浦能够继续处在积分榜前列并争取夺冠，但对于其他队伍我不想也没有权力说太多。
ér wǒ de rèn wu zé shì bǎo zhèng lì wù pǔ néng gòu jì xù chǔ zài jī fēn bǎng qián liè bìng zhēng qǔ duó guàn , dàn duì yú qí tā duì wu wǒ bù xiǎng yě méi yǒu quán lì shuō tài duō 。
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9.
Alonso also said he was happier this year, despite giving up a title-contending car to drive in the midfield with Renault.
阿隆索说这是他快乐的一年，尽管放弃了迈凯轮车队之后牵手了雷诺。
ā lóng suǒ shuō zhè shì tā kuài lè de yī nián , jǐn guǎn fàng qì le mài kǎi lún chē duì zhī hòu qiān shǒu le léi nuò 。
www.f1-zone.net
10.
The statement appears to be an attempt to correct what U. S. officials say are recent erroneous media reports contending that Mr.
这份公开信似乎是希望纠正某些政府官员所说的、最近媒体在这个问题上的错误报导。
zhè fèn gōng kāi xìn sì hū shì xī wàng jiū zhèng mǒu xiē zhèng fǔ guān yuán suǒ shuō de 、 zuì jìn méi tǐ zài zhè ge wèn tí shàng de cuò wù bào dǎo 。
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