contentions

英 [kənˈtɛnʃənz]

美 [kənˈtɛnʃənz]

n.  争吵; 争执; 争论; (尤指争论时的)看法，观点
contention的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (争论或讨论时的)看法，观点
  Someone'scontentionis the idea or opinion that they are expressing in an argument or discussion.
  1. This evidence supports their contention that the outbreak of violence was prearranged.
     这一证据证实了他们的观点，即此次突发暴力事件是有预谋的。
  2. Sufficient research evidence exists to support this contention.
     有足够的调查证据支持这个观点。
• See also:They generally tried to avoid subjects of contention between them...A particular source of contention is plans to privatise state-run companies.bone of contention
• PHRASE 有机会获胜
  If you arein contentionin a contest, you have a chance of winning it.
  1. He was in contention for a place in the European championship squad.
     他有望在欧洲锦标赛代表队中获得一席之地。

双语例句

• We concede a couple of points in your contentions.
  我们承认你的论点中有两点是正确的。
• It is the conclusion part of thesis, sum up the contentions and problems that remain to go deep into.
  第四部分为第七章，是论文的结论部分，总结论文的论点与有待深入的问题。
• His contentions cannot be laughed out of court. Their arguments were laughed out of court.
  对他的争辩不能一笑置之。大家对他们的那些议论一笑置之。
• His contentions cannot be laughed out of court.
  对他的争辩不能一笑置之。
• During the program execution, the projects are in substantial resource contentions, which require coordination.
  项目组合在执行过程中，各个项目之间存在大量的资源争夺，需要进行协调。
• Assuming that requests against the two maps are evenly distributed, in this case this technique would cut the number of potential contentions in half.
  假设对两个map的请求是平均分布的，那么这种技术在这种情况下将把可能的争用数目减半。
• In Britain, publisher Rupert Murdoch closed down the News of the World this year after contentions that the tabloid routinely hacked into people's phones in the hunt for exclusive stories.
  在英国，传媒大亨鲁伯特·默多克的世界新闻报于今年停刊，其原因是由于竞争小包为了大量获取故事及信息设法盗取其工作人员的电话信息。
• In the class, the two sides clarified their contentions loudly.
  在课上，两方大声地阐明他们的论点。
• The delays resulting from the contentions are exacerbated by the overhead of the network communication.
  而争用导致的延迟会由于网络通信的开销而进一步加剧。
• Our contentions do bring on us some scandal.
  我们的争论的确给我们带来了一些耻辱。