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contestation

/kon-te-stey-shuhn/US // ˌkɒn tɛˈsteɪ ʃən //

争论,争执,争吵,争夺

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act of contesting; controversy; dispute.
    • : an assertion contended for.

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Examples

  • However, with major areas of political contestation and movements to finally achieve equality occurring around the world, athletes are unlikely to obey such speech-stifling rules.

  • It would be an immediate object of, as academics often put it, “contestation.”

  • La situation est tout autre si un navire convoy est trouv porteur de contrebande sans qu'une contestation puisse s'lever.

  • In one of them nearly a third part of the territory of the State of Maine is in contestation.

  • I am here, at Alatri, on the 22 June: so much is beyond contestation.

  • After much contestation, they all engaged to amend what was amiss, and not to offend any more, which I pray God may be the case.

  • Let him shew, by a good contestation, his work in the meekness of wisdom.