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contestants

/kuhn-tes-tuhnt/US // kənˈtɛs tənt //UK // (kənˈtɛstənt) //

参赛者,选手,参赛选手,竞赛者

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person who takes part in a contest or competition.
    • : a person who contests the results of an election.
    • : Law. the party who, in proceedings in the probate court, contests the validity of a will.

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Examples

  • Isaacson said that contestants would make a video about their business and why they should be sent to space and that the winner would be announced by an independent panel of judges.

  • She appeared in Shakespearean comedy and Eugene O’Neill melodrama on Broadway in the 1950s, was a television mainstay from the dawn of the medium and, at 82, became the oldest female contestant on “Dancing With the Stars.”

  • I also think as a 17-year-old, I wasn’t really thinking about what the other contestants were thinking about.

  • Women are too often missing from business school case studies and even as contestants on Shark Tank.

  • The Protein Structure Prediction Center releases batches of target proteins, and contestants then submit their structure predictions for evaluation.

  • Any Miss America contestant who betrays herself to be a sexually autonomous being will be quickly sent packing.

  • That contestant also happens to be Cuba Gooding, Jr., Oscar-winner for Jerry Maguire and major hockey fan.

  • They are told that Miss America has evolved, but shown a contestant waxing rhapsodic about Barbie.

  • Similarly, the video selections for each contestant were wildly unequal, for no apparent reason.

  • Each contestant sings and/or dances, as the crowd cheers wholeheartedly.

  • No contestant except the first leaves his place until tagged by the returning contestant.

  • I was not a contestant, but, notwithstanding, had occasion to use my weapon.

  • If the water is spilled over or the candle blows out, the contestant is out of the race.

  • An equal number of chalk marks are made upon the floor in front of each contestant.

  • Each contestant is given a row and is requested to try distances before being blindfolded.