contender

名词 n.
中文释义
美 /kənˈtɛn.dɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Someone who competes with one or more other people.
  2. Someone who has a viable chance of winning a competition.
    — In April 2014, towards the end of Özil’s first season at Arsenal – which had been marked by highs and lows – Wenger predicted the German would be a contender for the player of the year awards in 2014‑15.

词形变化

contenders plural

词汇关系

衍生词
contendership noncontender
相关词
contestant

词源

Etymology tree
English contend
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English contender
From contend + -er.
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