challenger

英 [ˈtʃælɪndʒə(r)]

美 [ˈtʃælɪndʒər]

n.  (体育运动或政治的)挑战者

复数：challengers　

BEC经济

BNC.9110 / COCA.8781

牛津词典

noun

• （体育运动或政治的）挑战者
  a person who competes with sb else in sport or in politics for an important position that the other person already holds
  1. the official challenger for the world championship title
     世界冠军头衔的正式挑战者

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (职位或头衔的)挑战者
  Achallengeris someone who competes with you for a position or title that you already have, for example being a sports champion or a political leader.
  1. Draskovic has emerged as the strongest challenger to the leader of the Serbian government...
     德拉什科维奇一跃成为塞尔维亚政府领导人最大的挑战者。
  2. The One Australia syndicate is to become the sixth challenger for the 1995 Americas Cup.
     名为“澳洲一号”的船队将成为争夺1995年美洲杯的第6个挑战者。

英英释义

noun

• the contestant you hope to defeat
  1. he had respect for his rivals
  2. he wanted to know what the competition was doing
  Synonym:rivalcompetitorcompetitioncontender

双语例句

• The judges gave the nod to the winning challenger.
  裁判们对挑战者的胜利给予确认。
• This is what we are commemorating the "Challenger" on the best way to the seven heroes.
  这正是我们纪念“挑战者”号上七位英雄的最好方式。
• This would instantly create potential new challenger banks in Britain.
  这将在英国银行业内马上打造出新的挑战者。
• The Challenger was named for a British naval research ship that explored the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
  而挑战者号航天飞机则是根据一艘在大西洋和太平洋探险的英国海军研究船只命名的。
• Nancy and I are pained to the core by the tragedy of the shuttle Challenger.
  南希和我为挑战者号航天飞机的悲剧感到至为痛心。
• A titanic explosion consumed Challenger and its crew of seven.
  巨大的爆炸毁灭了挑战者号和它的七名乘务员。
• This refusal of Mayer Snyder to agree to debate his challenger.
  snyder市长拒绝了对手的辩论要求。
• You have helped us kick-off the general election on the strongest footing of any presidential challenger ever.
  你们帮助我们在大选初期，就在所有总统候选人中占据了最强有力的地位。
• The Frenchman held his own against the challenger.
  这名法国人顶住了挑战者的进攻。
• Determining how the Democratic challenger would conduct his presidency isn't quite so obvious.
  这位民主党挑战者将如何履行总统职务还不能明确判断。