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contestable

/noun kon-test; verb kuhn-test/US // noun ˈkɒn tɛst; verb kənˈtɛst //

可竞争,可争议,可竞争的,有争议的

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a race, conflict, or other competition between rivals, as for a prize.
    • : struggle for victory or superiority.
    • : strife in argument; dispute; controversy: Their marriage was marred by perpetual contest.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to struggle or fight for, as in battle.
    • : to argue against; dispute: to contest a controversial question; to contest a will.
    • : to call in question: They contested his right to speak.
    • : to contend for in rivalry.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to dispute; contend; compete.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as incontroversial
as indebatable
as inhypothetical
Synonyms
debatable有待商榷,值得商榷,值得商榷的是,值得商榷的imaginary虚构的,虚构,想象的,虚幻的problematic有问题的,有问题,问题多多,存在问题的speculative投机性,投机性的,推测性的,推测性theoretical理论上,理论,理论上讲,理论性的vague模糊的,模糊,含糊不清,模糊不清academic学术,学术性,学术性的,学术的contingent特遣队,特遣队员,特遣队成员,特遣队的pretending假装,假设,假装的,装作suspect嫌疑人,怀疑,疑犯,嫌疑犯assumptive臆断的,假定性的,假设性的,臆断性的casual休闲,随意,随便,休闲的concocted炮制的,炮制出的,编造的,炮制了conditional有条件的,有条件,条件性,有条件地conjecturable可猜测的,可猜想的,可推测的,可猜测conjectural推测的,推测性的,猜测的,猜想的disputable有争议的,有争议,可争议,争议doubtful怀疑,疑问,令人怀疑的,怀疑的equivocal模棱两可的,暧昧的,暧昧不明,暧昧不清imagined想象中的,想像中的,想象的,想象中的那样indefinite不确定的,无限期,无限,不定indeterminate不确定的,未确定的,不确定,未定的postulated假设的,推定的,假定的,推测presumptive推定的,推定,假定性的,假定的provisory挑衅性的,挑衅性,规定性的,挑衅式的putative推定的,假定的,假设的,假设性的questionable有问题的,有问题,值得怀疑的,有疑问的refutable辩证的,驳斥,驳斥的,驳杂的stochastic随机的,随机,随机性,随机性的supposed应该是,应该,应该的,应该是这样的suppositional假设性的,假设性,假设的,假定的suppositious有意义的,臆想的,臆测的,臆想中的theoretic理论的,理论上的,理论,理论上uncertain不明确,不确定,不明确的,不明朗unconfirmed未经证实,未经证实的,未经确认的,未经确认

Examples

  • The AP is taking the new step of publishing stories explaining how its experts called a race or why they’re holding back in a tight contest.

  • It’s more common to hold governors’ races during midterm elections, so the few gubernatorial contests held in presidential election years sometimes get overlooked while the spotlight is trained on races for federal office.

  • No such contests are currently scheduled, according to the state website.

  • Decorating your home is a pretty safe bet, as are carving pumpkins, setting up a Halloween scavenger hunt for your kids at home, and having a virtual costume contest with friends.

  • Both teams have strong playoff odds — each sits in excess of 94 percent — but the contest could have huge implications on not just the AFC North derby but also the all-important race for the AFC’s top overall seed.

  • Although children cannot be transferred without parental permission, the validity of their consent is contestable.

  • It is a political document, full of contestable characterizations, but it provides some useful specifics to consider.

  • The first will be a contestable apology; the second an array of incontestable facts.

  • All policies non-forfeiting and non-contestable by their own conditions after three payments.

  • The spiritual nourishment offered them has lost its savour; they ask for something more substantial and less contestable.

  • The contestable area lay in the Middle States and in the Carolinas.

  • The claim to some of the territory was new and still more contestable.

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