Word · CEFR A1 · Frequency #3919
Fully loadedcontest
比赛；竞赛
A competition or event in which participants compete to win.
- 1.
Controversy; debate.
争议；辩论。
- 2.
an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants
从两个或多个参赛者中选出优胜者的场合
- 3.
Struggle for superiority; combat.
争夺优势；战斗。
- 4.
a struggle between rivals
对手之间的竞争
- 5.
A competition.
竞赛。
争夺；角逐；争论；辩论；争议；辩论。；从两个或多个参赛者中选出优胜者的场合；争夺优势；战斗。
In use
She entered the singing contest with confidence.
He won first prize in the photography contest.
The contest between the two teams was very intense.
win/lose a contest
She won the contest.
她赢得了比赛。
a contest between [people/organizations]
There was a contest between the two teams.
两支队伍之间进行了一场比赛。
enter a contest
He decided to enter the contest.
他决定参加比赛。
Connections
Collocations
- win a contest
- 赢得比赛
- She trained hard to win the contest.她刻苦训练以赢得比赛。
- lose a contest
- 输掉比赛
- He was disappointed to lose the contest.他输掉比赛后很失望。
- enter a contest
- 参加比赛
- Many students entered the writing contest.许多学生参加了写作比赛。
- hold a contest
- 举办比赛
- The school held a contest to choose the best project.学校举办了一场比赛来选出最佳项目。
Idioms & figurative uses
- no contest
- 毫无悬念；易如反掌The race was no contest; she won by a mile.这场比赛毫无悬念，她以很大优势获胜。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
con（共同）+ test（测试）= 共同测试，即竞赛；也可联想为‘看谁能争到最后’。
Context & Register
中性语域，常见于体育比赛、选举、辩论等正式或非正式场合，例如:a beauty contest（选美比赛），a political contest（政治角逐）。
Grammar Note
可数名词
Pronunciation & Spelling
All listed words share the spelling ending '-test' but do not rhyme with 'contest' due to different stressed vowels: 'contest' has /ɒ/ while the rest have /ɛ/ or /əʊ/.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 3，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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