◊
Jfe was contemptuous 〇/
everything
f did.他对我所做 的一切都不屑一顾。►con.temp.tu.ous.lyflf/v.:
to 丨augh contemptuous^轻蔑地大笑
con-tend /kan'tend/ verb 1 {formcl) to say that sth is
true, especially' in an argument (尤指在争论中）声
称主张，.i又为 Rnm maintain ： [V that] I would
contend that the minister^ thinking is flawed on this point.我倒认为部长的想法在这一点上有漏洞。[also
VN that] 2 [V] ~ (for sth) to
compete against sb in order to gain sth 竞争；‘夺： Three armed groups were contending /or power.三个武装集团在争夺权力。
con'tend with sth to have to deal with a problem or
difficult situation (不得不）年理问题，对
?寸困境：Nurses often have to contend with
violent or drunfcen patients.护士经常不得不对付粗暴的或喝醉酒的
病人。
con-tend-er
/ken'tenda^)/
noun a person who takes
part in a competition or tries to win sth 竞争者；角逐 者；争夺者：a contender for
a gold medal in the Olympics 奧运金牌的争夺者◊ a
ieading/seriou5/strong contender }br the party leadership 该党领导权最重要的
/
强劲的/有实力的角逐者
COII-tent1
/'kDntent;
NAmE 'karn-/ noun — see also
CONTENT2
1 contents [pi.] the things that are
contained in sth 所容纳之物；所备之物；内容：He tipped the
contents 〇/ the bag onto the
taWe•他把提包里的车西倒在桌子上。◊ Fire has caused severe damage to
the contents of the bidding•大火导致那栋大楼里的东西严重损毁。◊ She hadrCt read the letter and so was
unaware of its contents. 她没有看过那封信，所以对其内容一无所知。2 contents [pi.] the different sections that are contained in a book (书的 > 目录，’目次：a table 〇/ contents (=the list at the front
〇士 a booi)目录.◊ a contents page 目录页 3 [sing.] the subject
matter of a book, speech， programme, etc.(书、讲话、节目等的》主题，主要
内容：Your tone of voice is as important as the content what you have to say•你的讲话声调和你要讲的内容同
释-重要。0 The content of the course depends on what t/ie students
woukHi/ce to study.课程的内容取决于学生
愿意学什么。◊ Her poet/y has a good
deaZ 〇/ po〖iticaZ content.她如诗歌含有关量的政治内容。4 [sing.] (following a noun 用于名词后）the amount of a
substance that is contained in sth else 含量；容量： /ood with a high /at
content 脂肪含量高的食物◊ the aZcohoZ
content 〇/ a drinfc 饮 _■的酒精士零 5 [U] (co/rj-
puting if) t±ie information or
other material contained on a website or CD-ROM (网站或只读光盘上的）内
容，目录：orpine content
providers _ 络 士
容提供商 con-tent2 /kan'tent/ adj., verb, noun —see also
CONTENT1
a [not before noun] 1 〜（with sth) happy
and satisfied with what you have 满舍；满足.：Not
content with stealing my boyfriend (= not thinking that this was enough), she has turned, all my friends
against me. 走了我的男朋友还不满足，又挑起我所有的朋友和我作
对。◊ He
seemed more content, iess bitter.他看起来比较
满意，■不那么失望。◊ He .had to be content with third piace.他只好屈居三名。o note at happy 2 ~ to do
sth willing to do sth 愿意：J was content to wait.我愿 意等候。一compare contented
b verfr [VN] 1 〜yourself with sth to
accept and be satisfied with sth and not try to have or do sth better 满足；满 意；知足：Martina contented
hersd/with a bowZ 〇/soup. 马丁娜喝了一碗汤就心满意足了。2 (/brwfl/) to make
sb feel happy or satisfied 使满意；使
_ 足：My apoZogy seemed to content him.我的道歉好像使他感到满意。
B noun = CONTENTMENT see HEART con.tent.ed /kan'tentid/ adj. [usuaHy before noun] showing or feeling
happiness or satisfaction, especially because your life is good (尤指因生活好而）满意的，
惬意的，满足的：a contented smiZe惬意的微笑◊ ffe was a
contented man.他是个心满意足的人。一compare CONTENT2 adj. Pisra DISCONTENTED O note at HAPPY ► con-tent-ed-ly adv. ： S/ie. smiZed contentedly.她心满意 足地笑了。I
con-ten-tion /kan'ten.fn/
noun {formal) t [U] angry
disagreement between people 争吵；争私；‘也 FS771
dispute ： One area of contention is the
availability of
| 429 contextualize
nursery care.争论的一个方面是提供幼儿保育的可能性。
◊
a pofnt 〇/attention 争论点 2 [C]
~ (that …）a.belief or an opinion that you express, especially in
an argu- ment (尤指争论时的）看法，观ft is our dient’s contention that the fire was an
accident.
法是这场火灾属于意外。wouW reject that
contention.
我不会同意那种观点。〇 note at claim IT»T?1 in contention (for sth) with a chance of
winning sth 有机会 ^ t# ： Only three teams are now in contention for the ritZe.现在只有三个队有机会夺冠。out of con'tention (for sth) without a chance of
winning sth 没有机会贏得 ——more at bone n.
con-ten-tious /kan'tenXas/ adj. {formal) 1 likely to cause
disagreement between people _ 可能引起争论的： a contentious issue/topk/subject 有争议@问题 / 话—/ 主题◊ Both views
are higWy contentious.两种观点
都很有争议。PTJ3 uncontentious 2 liking to argue;
involving a lot of arguin卩爱争论的；充满争吵的：a contentious meeting争论不咏的会议
con-tent-ment
/kan'tentmant/
(also less frequent content) noun [U] a feeling of
happiness or satisfaction^ 满意；满足：He
has/oundcontentment at kist.他最终 得到了满足。◊ a sigh 〇/ contentment满足地舒一口 4
—compare discontent o note at satisfaction 'content word noun (linguistics if W) a noun, verb,
adjective or adverb whose main function is to express meaning 实义词.；实词 一 compare
function word C〇n-test noun, verb
a
noun /'kontest; NAmE 'ka:n-/ 1 a competition in which people try to win sth 比赛；竞赛：a sfnging contest 歌 咏 hE赛◊ a tdent
contest 新秀夫奖赛◊ to enter/Wf〇/ tose a contest参加/贏得堯畚；堯_失败一see also beauty
contest 2 〜（for sth) a struggle to gain
control or power (控制权或权力的）争夺，竞争：a contest for the Zeadership 〇/t/ie party 争夺政琴:的•领导权 IT»T??1 be ,no 'contest used to say that one
side in a competition is so much stronger or better than the other that it is
sure to win easily (表示竞争中的一方过宁强大或出色）
完全不是对手，毫无竞争可言
e verb /kan'test/ [VN] 1 to
take part in a competition, elec- tion，etc. and try to win it 争取贏得（比赛、选举: Three candidates
contested the leadership. ★三位_选人
角逐领导权。◊ a
fiorty//terceiy/keenfy contested game (-one in which the players try very hard
to win and the scores are close)堯争十分激烈的比赛 2 to formally oppose a
decision or statement because you think it is wrong 争辩；就…提出.异议：to contest a vWH (=
try to show that it was not correctly made in law)对遗嘱运出 质疑◊ rhe dfvorce
iv〇5 not contested.这桩淪_案痠有人 提出异议。
con-test-ant /kan'testant/
noun a person who takes
part in a contest 比赛者；竞争者：•PZease wdcome our
next contestant.请欢迎我们的下一位竞赛选手。
C〇n-text
O^r
/'kDntekst;
NAmE 'kain-/ noun [C, U]
1
the situation in which sth happens and that helps you to understand it (事情发生的）背景，环境，染龙 去脉：This speech needs to be set in the
context of Britam m the 296仍.这篇演说需要放到20世纪60年代 的英国这一背景之下来i■祷。◊扭s decision can be
understood in context.只有了解来龙去脉才能明白他的
决定。2 the
words that come just before and after a word, phrase or statement and help you
to understand its meaning 上下文；语境：Ybu should be aWe to
guess the meaning 〇/ the word 介om the contejrt:.你应该能从 上下文猜出这个词的含爻quotation has been taken out of context (= repeated without
giving the circumstances in whicii it was said)•这条引语是断章 取义。
con.text.uaI /kan'tekstjual/
adj. {formal) connected with a
particular context上下文如；与上下文有关的；
与语境_关的：contextudin/ormation与上下文有关的
■信息◊ confextua〖 dues to the meaning.上下文提供的酒
解其含义的线索►coivtextuaMyadv. con-text-ual-ize [BrE also -ise) /kan'tekstjualaiz/ verb [VH] (format) to consider sth in
relation to the situation in which it happens or exists将…置于背景中考虑；