英语词汇“contested”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组、英语词典-本地帮

单词

contested

释义

contested, ppl. a.|kənˈtɛstɪd|
[f. contest v. + -ed.]
Disputed, contended for or about, made an object of contention or competition. contested election: one which is disputed at the poll; formerly, and still in U.S., an election of which the validity or legality is challenged, called more recently a controverted election.
1672Dryden Conq. Granada i. ii. i, And from the French contested Milan take.1727Fielding Love in Sev. Masq. Wks. 1775 I. 11, I shall be like a contested heir who spends his estate in the pursuit of it.1771Junius Lett. lix. (1798) II. 183 Contested elections shall..be determined with some decent regard to the merits of the case. The event of the suit is of no consequence to the Crown.1780Burke Sp. prev. to Election Wks. III. 355 A contested election in such a city as this is no light thing.1841Dickens Lett. (1880) I. 44, I cannot afford the expense of a contested election.1841Lane Arab. Nts. I. Pref. 68 The means of deciding contested points in history and science.

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