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1 contend
/kən'tend/ * nội động từ - chiến đấu, đấu tranh =to contend for the truth+ đấu tranh cho chân lý =to contend with difficulties+ đấu tranh với những khó khăn - tranh giành, ganh đua =to contend with someone for a prize+ tranh giải với ai - tranh cãi, tranh luận * ngoại động từ - dám chắc rằng, cho rằng =I contend that it is impossible+ tôi dám chắc rằng cái đó không thể thực hiện được -
2 behaupten
- {to affirm} khẳng định, xác nhận, quả quyết, xác nhân, phê chuẩn - {to allege} cho là, viện lý, dẫn chứng, viện ra, vin vào, đưa ra luận điệu rằng - {to argue} chứng tỏ, chỉ rõ, tranh cãi, tranh luận, cãi lẽ, lấy lý lẽ để bảo vệ, tìm lý lẽ để chứng minh, thuyết phục, rút ra kết luận, dùng lý lẽ, cãi lý - {to assert} đòi, quyết đoán - {to aver} xác minh, chứng minh - {to avouch} đảm bảo, nói chắc - {to claim} yêu sách, thỉnh cầu, đòi hỏi, bắt phải, đáng để, nhận, khai là, tự cho là, nhận chắc - {to predicate} dựa vào, căn cứ vào - {to state} phát biểu, nói rõ, tuyên bố, định, biểu diễn bằng ký hiệu - {to vindicate} bào chữa = behaupten [daß] {to contend [that]; to maintain [that]}+ = sich behaupten {to hold one's ground; to maintain one's ground; to obtain}+ = sich behaupten [gegen] {to hold out [against]}+ = frech behaupten {to brazen}+ = wieder behaupten {to reassert}+ = sich behaupten gegen {to bear up against}+
См. также в других словарях:
contend — [kən tend′] vi. [ME contenden, to compete < L contendere, to stretch out, strive after < com , together + tendere, to stretch: see TENSE1] 1. to strive in combat; fight 2. to strive in competition; vie [contend for a prize] 3. to strive in… … English World dictionary
contend — [[t]kənte̱nd[/t]] contends, contending, contended 1) VERB If you have to contend with a problem or difficulty, you have to deal with it or overcome it. [V with n] It is time, once again, to contend with racism... [V with n] American businesses… … English dictionary
contend — con|tend [kənˈtend] v [Date: 1400 1500; : Old French; Origin: contendre, from Latin contendere, from com ( COM ) + tendere to stretch ] 1.) to compete against someone in order to gain something contend for ▪ Three armed groups are contending for… … Dictionary of contemporary English
contend */ — UK [kənˈtend] / US verb Word forms contend : present tense I/you/we/they contend he/she/it contends present participle contending past tense contended past participle contended 1) [transitive] formal to claim that something is true contend that:… … English dictionary
contend — con|tend [ kən tend ] verb * 1. ) transitive contend that FORMAL to claim that something is true: Critics of the school system contend that not enough emphasis is placed on creativity. 2. ) intransitive to compete against someone, for example for … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
contend — verb 1 (I) to compete against someone in order to gain something: contending for the World Heavyweight Title 2 (transitive + that) to argue or state that something is true: Some astronomers contend that the universe may be younger than previously … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
contend — 1 Contend, fight, battle, war come into comparison when they mean to strive in opposition to someone or something. Contend, the most general of these words, always implies a desire or an effort to overcome that which is opposed, but it may imply… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
contend — 01. The runners had to [contend] with a strong headwind in the final of the 10,000 meters. 02. If Canada goes ahead with plans to loosen its drug laws, it will have to [contend] with a very unhappy American government. 03. The government… … Grammatical examples in English
contend — v. (formal) 1) (D; intr.) ( to compete ) to contend for; with (to contend for a position) 2) (L) ( to claim ) he contended that he had been cheated * * * [kən tend] with (to contend for a position) (L) ( to claim ) he contended that he had been… … Combinatory dictionary
contend — contender, n. contendingly, adv. /keuhn tend /, v.i. 1. to struggle in opposition: to contend with the enemy for control of the port. 2. to strive in rivalry; compete; vie: to contend for first prize. 3. to strive in debate; dispute earnestly: to … Universalium
contend — verb 1) the pilot had to contend with torrential rain Syn: cope with, face, grapple with, deal with, take on, pit oneself against 2) three main groups were contending for power Syn: compete, vie, contest, fight, bat … Thesaurus of popular words
