例句
1. The winner of the talent contest receives a prize.
才艺比赛的获胜者将获得奖品。
——《英语周报·高一阅读综合版》
2. The football game was so one-sided that it was really no contest.
这场足球赛呈现一边倒的局面，毫无竞争可言。
——《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
3. There were almost 2,000 candidates contesting the remaining 80 positions.
有近2 000名候选人角逐剩余的80个席位。
——《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
4. Experts contest the theory that the disease is caused by a virus.
专家们对这种疾病是由病毒引起的理论提出质疑。
——《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
基本释义
[n.]
1. a competition in which people or teams compete against each other in a particular sport or game;
2. an attempt by somebody to win something or to gain power or control that other people are competing for;
[v.]
3. to take part in a competition or game;
4. to express doubts about the truth or value of something difficult, dangerous or doubtful.
[名词]
1. 比赛，竞赛；
2. 争论；
[动词]
3. 参加（竞赛 / 比赛）；
4. 对某事物提出质疑
近义词
contest的近义词有competition和championship。
它们之间的区别在于，competition通常指一个或多个人或团体之间竞争的一场活动，competition还可以指任何两个或多个人，物品或概念之间的对抗。而championship则通常指经常性举行的比赛中获胜者所获得的头衔、奖杯等荣誉称号。
例如：
1. He won a gold medal in a competition in Tokyo. （competition这里表示“比赛”）
2. The winner of the championship will receive a trophy. （championship表示“锦标赛”）
派生词
contester n. 对某事物提出质疑的人
contestant n. 参赛者
contestibility n. 可争辩性
contestation n. 争辩或争论的实质
contestable adj. 有待争辩的，有争议的
contestably adv. 可争辩地
uncontested adj. 未受到挑战或反对的
