一、詳細(xì)釋義：

v.

奮斗，爭斗，戰(zhàn)斗 [I,T]

例句：

I have had to contend against the unkindness of his sister and the insolence of his mother.

我必須與他姐姐的冷酷和他母親的專橫抗?fàn)帯?/p>

例句：

It is hard to contend with poverty.

與貧窮奮斗是很困難的。

競爭，爭奪 [I,T]

例句：

In order to explore the market better, the two main groups are contending for power.

為了更好的開拓市場，兩大集團(tuán)在爭權(quán)奪勢。

例句：

In practice, patriotism has many other enemies to contend with.

在實(shí)踐中，愛國主義有許多其它的敵人跟它競爭。

處理，對(duì)付，解決 [I,T]

例句：

His wife's ill health is something he has to contend with。

妻子身體不好，這是他必須全力對(duì)付的事情。

例句：

American businesses could soon have a new kind of lawsuit to contend with.

美國公司可能很快就要有一種新型的官司去應(yīng)付了。

爭論，爭辯 [I,T]

例句：

Parents often contend over how to educate their only son well.

父母經(jīng)常為如何教育好他們的獨(dú)生子而發(fā)生爭論。

例句：

Different forms and styles in art should develop freely and different schools in science should contend freely.

藝術(shù)上不同的形式和風(fēng)格可以自由綻放，科學(xué)上不同的學(xué)派可以自由爭鳴。

主張，聲稱 [T]

例句：

I am willing to admit that man is my brother, but I contend at the same time that I have get a lot of wicked relatives.

我樂意承認(rèn)人類是我的同胞兄弟，但我同時(shí)聲明我還有了許多可惡的親戚。

例句：

Some blacks contend that racism has simply gone underground.

有些黑人聲稱種族主義如今只是由明轉(zhuǎn)暗。

二、詞義辨析：

compete,contend,contest,rival

這些動(dòng)詞均可表示“競爭”之意。 compete普通用詞，含義廣泛。既可指體育活動(dòng)等活動(dòng)中爭取優(yōu)勝的相互競爭，也可指為了自己的利益與他人競爭。 contend指為戰(zhàn)勝或擊敗對(duì)手進(jìn)行不懈努力，強(qiáng)調(diào)拼搏。也可指口頭上進(jìn)行有對(duì)立情緒或嚴(yán)重分歧的爭論。 contest指為爭奪土地、陣地、權(quán)力或榮譽(yù)等而展開的競爭。 rival指在兩方或多方的競爭或比賽中，誰都想戰(zhàn)勝或比得上對(duì)手。

三、參考例句：

John has to contend with great difficulties.

約翰得與那些艱難困苦作斗爭。

It is hard to contend with poverty.

對(duì)抗貧困是一件很困難的事情。

I had to contend with ingrain prejudice.

我不得不與根深蒂固的偏見作斗爭。

The asylum seekers had to contend with continued bureaucratic obstruction.

尋求政治庇護(hù)的人得不斷地應(yīng)付官僚主義的層層阻撓。

I'm going to contend with the tough client.

我得馬上去見那個(gè)難對(duì)付的客戶。

They have to contend against drought every year.

他們每年都得與干旱做斗爭。

These hypotheses, I contend, must be refutable in principle.

我認(rèn)為這些假說在原則上必須是可以反駁的。

In practice, patriotism has many other enemies to contend with.

在實(shí)踐中，愛國主義有許多其它的敵人跟它競爭。

The experts contend that the potential is simply too significant.

專家們聲稱潛力是非常重要的。

His firm must contend with the unwieldy Russian bureaucracy.

他的公司必須與俄羅斯龐大的官僚機(jī)構(gòu)周旋。