contest1
  
  
	      			KK: [ˈkɑntɛst]
	      			DJ: [ˈkɒntеst]
  
    n.[C]
    
      - 爭奪,競爭
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A bitter 
contest developed between the two men for that position.
那兩個人為得到這一職位展開了激烈的競爭。
 
      - 競賽,比賽
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He took part in the composition 
contest and won a prize.
他參加作文比賽並得了獎。
 
      - 爭論,爭辯
 
    
   
  辨析
  
 
  
    
contest2
  
  
	      			KK: [kǝnˈtɛst]
	      			DJ: [kǝnˈtеst]
  
    vt.
    
      - 爭奪;與……競賽
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Three candidates are 
contesting the presidency.
三個候選人在爭奪總統的位子。
 
      - 對……提出質疑
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The plaintiff 
contested the will.
原告對遺囑的有效性提出異議。
 
    
    vi.
    
      - 競爭,角逐;爭辯[(+with/against)]
 
    
   
  衍生
  
    a.
    contestable
    n.
    contester
   
  辨析
  
 
  n.
  
/
ˈkɒntɛst/
 an event in which people compete for supremacy. 
▸a dispute or conflict.
v.
  
/
kənˈtɛst/
  
- compete to attain (a position of power). 
▸take part in (a competition or election).
 - challenge or dispute.
 
 
  Phrase
  
    
      - no contest
  - chiefly US another term for nolo contendere.
 - a decision to declare a boxing match invalid on the grounds that one or both of the boxers are not making serious efforts. 
▸a competition or comparison of which the outcome is a foregone conclusion.
 
 
    
   
  Derivative
  
    - contestability n.
  - contestable adj.
  - contester n.
 
   
  Etymology
  C16 (as v. ‘swear to, attest’): from L. contestari ‘call upon to witness, initiate an action (by calling witnesses)’, from con- ‘together’ + testare ‘to witness’.