/ˈkɒntest/1
- an event in which people compete for supremacy in a sport or other activity, or in a quality竞赛, 比赛：
a tennis contest.
网球赛。
1.1
- a competition for a political position政治职位的竞争：
a leadership contest.
竞争领导岗位。
1.2
- a dispute or conflict争论; 争辩; 争执; 冲突：
a contest between traditional and liberal views.
传统观点和自由观点之间的冲突。
/kənˈtest/
with obj.
1
- engage in competition to attain (a position of power)竞争, 争夺（权位）：
she declared her intention to contest the presidency.
她宣布她打算竞选总统。
1.1
- take part in (a competition or election)参加（竞争, 选举）：
a coalition was formed to contest the presidential elections.
组成联盟以参加总统选举。
2
- oppose (an action, decision, or theory) as mistaken or wrong对（行为, 决定, 理论）提出质疑（或异议）; 反驳, 辩驳：
the former chairman contests his dismissal.
前主席对他被免职提出异议。
2.1
- engage in dispute about争论; 争辩; 辩论：
the issues have been hotly contested.
这些问题引起了激烈的辩论。
短语
no contest
1
- chiefly US another term for NOLO CONTENDERE〈主美〉同NOLO CONTENDERE:
he pleaded no contest to two misdemeanor counts.
他对被控的两项轻罪申明不抗辩。
2
- a decision by the referee to declare a boxing match invalid on the grounds that one or both of the boxers are not making serious efforts（裁判因拳手比赛消极而宣布）比赛无效, 比赛作废。
2.1
- a competition, comparison, or choice of which the outcome is a foregone conclusion已成定局的竞赛（或比较, 选择）：
when the two teams faced each other it was no contest.
当这两支球队对阵时, 一切已成定局。
派生词
contestability
nouncontestable
adjectivecontester
noun词源
late 16th cent. （as a verb in the sense 'swear to, attest'）： from Latin contestari 'call upon to witness, initiate an action (by calling witnesses)', from con- 'together' + testare 'to witness'. The senses 'wrangle, strive, struggle for' arose in the early 17th cent., whence the current noun and verb senses.