Word · Frequency #7968
Fully loadedcontenders
竞争者；参赛者
contenders is the plural of contender.
a person or team that competes in a contest
- 1.
Someone who competes with one or more other people.
竞争者
- 2.
Someone who has a viable chance of winning a competition.
有夺冠希望的选手
竞争者；有夺冠希望的选手；参赛者；争论者；斗争者
In use
She is a strong contender for the gold medal in the 100-meter sprint.
There are several contenders in the race for the position of team leader.
The new smartphone is a serious contender in the high-end market.
contender for sth
She is a strong contender for the gold medal.
她是金牌的有力竞争者。
contender in sth
There are seven contenders in the presidential race.
总统竞选中有七位竞争者。
a + adj + contender
形容词可以是strong, main, top, leading等，表示不同强度的竞争地位。
Connections
Collocations
- strong contender
- 强有力的竞争者
- She is a strong contender for the gold medal.她是金牌的有力竞争者。
- main contender
- 主要竞争者
- The two main contenders faced off in the final.两位主要竞争者在决赛中交锋。
- serious contender
- 认真的竞争者
- He is a serious contender for the position.他是该职位的认真竞争者。
- leading contender
- 领先的竞争者
- The leading contender dropped out due to injury.领先的竞争者因伤退出。
- title contender
- 冠军争夺者
- He became a title contender after winning his last fight.赢得上一场比赛后，他成为了冠军争夺者。
- contender for the championship
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想拳击赛中两位contender激烈对战，他们是参赛者。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：体育竞赛、政治选举、商业竞争 该词为中性，多用于正式或半正式场合，指在某一领域中有实力争夺胜利或地位的参与者。
Grammar Note
可数名词，后常接for或in表示竞争对象或领域
Pronunciation & Spelling
The words surrender, defender, offender, pretender, and extender rhyme with 'contender' (all have primary stress on the second syllable, e.g., /ˈtend/). 'Tender' shares the same ending but has primary stress on the first syllable, so it does not rhyme.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
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