contend

contend
[kən`tɛnd; kən'tɛnd] (發音來源)
競爭

單字解釋

contend
[kən`tɛnd; kən'tɛnd]
《源自拉丁文「一同施展,一同競爭」的意思》((不及物動詞))
1 a. 爭鬥,競爭[with, against]
They had to ~ with sickness and lack of food [against superior numbers].
他們必須全力對付疾病及糧食的缺乏
[人數佔優勢的敵軍]
b. 競爭[…],爭奪[with][for]
We ~ed with each other for the prize.
我們互相爭奪那獎品
2 [就…事]爭論,辯論
[with, against] [about,on,over]
He ~ed with his friends about trifles.
他為小事與朋友爭論
((及物動詞))
堅決主張,力辯
He ~ed that gambling was the worst of all evils.
他堅持認為 [爭辯說] 賭博為萬惡之首
vi. 奮鬥, 鬥爭, 競爭
vt. 為...鬥爭

英字分解

• con
• tend

con, com

with, together一起
[example]
convene, compress, contemporary, converge, compact,
conjoin, combine

在此取一起之意。

tend, tent, tens
(meaning)
stretch, strain 伸
(examples)
tendency, extend, intend, contend, pretend, superintend, tender, extent, tension, pretense

[root] tend, tens, tent [記憶法]

在此取伸之意。

列根成形

con

一起

tend

伸

contend

競爭

創義薛說

一起伸手搶東西，叫做？ ➔ 競爭