单词
contend
读音
kənˈtend
美式 kənˈtend
英式 kənˈtend
词根
"Contend"来源于拉丁文"contendere"，"con-" 意为"一起"，"-tendere"表示"牵引"或"拉"。所以"contend"字面含义是"一起拉"，引申为"争夺"或"争论"。 由此词根衍生出的其他单词，如：intend（打算）、extend（延长）、pretend（假装）。
释义
["vi. 竞争；奋斗；斗争；争论\n vt. 主张；为...斗争\n \n [\n 第三人称单数\n contends\n 现在分词\n contending\n 过去式\n contended\n 过去分词\n contended\n ]"]
例句
He well knew the futility of trying to contend against witches, so he gave up discouraged.
他深知与女巫斗争是徒劳无益的，所以他灰心丧气地放弃了。
Modern European states, they contend, appeared after the Renaissance through the rise of nations.
他们争辩道，现代欧洲国家是在文艺复兴之后通过国家的崛起而出现的。
It is time, once again, to contend with racism.
又是对付种族主义的时候了。
He well knew the futility of trying to contend against witches, so he gave up discouraged.
他深知与女巫斗争是徒劳无益的，所以他灰心丧气地放弃了。
Modern European states, they contend, appeared after the Renaissance through the rise of nations.
他们争辩道，现代欧洲国家是在文艺复兴之后通过国家的崛起而出现的。
It is time, once again, to contend with racism.
又是对付种族主义的时候了。
强化记忆
"Contend" 可以通过联想词根和词义来记忆。"-tend" 根源于拉丁语的 "tendere"，意为 "拉"或"拉伸"。我们可以把它联想成为"竞争者在赛道上拉开距离"或"在辩论中拉扯观点"来帮助记忆。
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Prolonged drought can precipitate early marriageas families contend with scarcity.Floods can force last-resort prostitution
too much stuff to contend with.
writing thank you letters,you have to now contend withanswering a mountain of unanswered emails,
Elisabeth Schussler and James Wandersee, Elisabeth Schusslercontend that plants lack certain visual cues.They don't have faces,
That destruction was caused by one glacier lake.We have 2,700 of them to contend with.The point is this:
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