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contendvb. strive,quarrel. combat 斗争，争执，搏斗
△Ham.4.1.7:“Mad as the sea and wind when bothcontend/Which(i.e.as to which) is the mightier.”他疯得像是大风和大浪正在争斗，看谁更高强。
△Mac.1.3.92.“His wonders and his praises do contend/Whichshould be thine or his.”i.e. His astonishment at yourachievement and his desire to praise you are both sostrong that they fight one another,so that he does notknow which to express to you and which to keep tohimself.So he is silent.他的惊讶和赞叹交相冲突，竟不知该如何表示，还是仅藏胸中。
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1. strive,combat,fight斗争，搏斗，战斗。
△3H.VI.2.5.1: “This battle fares like to the morning’s war./ When dying clouds contend with growing light.”这仗好像是清晨时分正在消散的乌云与正在扩展的光亮之间互相争斗的交战。
△H.V.1.2.24: “For never two such king-doms did contend / Without much fall of blood，”因为像这样两个国家一旦交战，绝不会不大量流血的。
2.fight with one another互斗。
△3H.VI.2.5.102:“Ifyou contend.a thousand lives must wither.”要是你们再打来打去，成千上万人的生命就要枯萎了。
3. fight,make war战斗，作战。
△Mac.2.4.17:“Con-tending ’gainst obedience,as they would make/Warwith mankind.”不服管束，好像它们要和人类作战。
4.vie竞争。
△2H.VI.3.2.383: “Why only,Suffolk,mourn I not for thee,/And with the southern cloudscontend in tears. / Theirs for the earth’s increase.mine for my sorrows?”萨福克，我为什么不能单单为你而悲伤，并且与南方带雨的云比赛洒泪，它们的泪为大地丰收而洒，我的泪为自己的悲哀而洒？
5. set off衬托。
contend against: set off against,compare with,tryto match与…对照，与…比较，试图匹配。
△Mac.1.6.14:“All our service/In every point twice done,and thendone double,/ Were poor and single business tocontend / Against those honours deep and broadwherewith / Your Majesty loads our house.”我们的一切效劳，即使每一点都加一倍，再翻两番，比起陛下以尊荣赏赐我家的深恩厚泽，实在微不足道。 contend[kənˈtend]v.竞争，角逐，斗争，争论，争鸣，坚决主张
◇ contend for争夺
contend with与…作斗争，抗衡
‖the two contending sides争论双方
contender n.斗争者，竞争者，对手
contention n.争论，论点，主张，竞争，斗争
contentious adj.可能引起争论的，有争议的
contentiously adv.contentiousness n.争论，争议 |