beauty contest

英 [ˈbjuːti kɒntest]

美 [ˈbjuːti kɑːntest]

n.  选美比赛; “选美式”竞争(指互相竞争的公司或个人为说服某人采用其服务而举行的展示活动)

牛津词典

noun

• 选美比赛
  a competition to choose the most beautiful from a group of women
• “选美式”竞争（指互相竞争的公司或个人为说服某人采用其服务而举行的展示活动）
  an occasion on which several competing companies or people try to persuade sb to use their services

柯林斯词典

• 选美比赛
  Abeauty contestis a competition in which young women are judged to decide which one is the most beautiful.

双语例句

• She looked very excited to hear that she won the first prize in the beauty contest.
  听说她在选美比赛中得了一等奖，她看起来很激动。
• She will enter for a beauty contest.
  她将参加选美比赛。
• Outside pressure and changes in society, therefore, brought about changes in the beauty contest world.
  外界的压力和社会的变化，因而，世界性的选美活动带来了改变。
• He was a judge at the beauty contest.
  他是那次选美比赛的一名评审。
• But now, beauty contest teams often have a consulting plastic surgeon on hand.
  而现在，参加选美比赛的各支团队都会配有整形顾问。
• This is a beauty contest where all the contestants are ugly.
  这好像是一个所有参赛者都是丑八怪的选美比赛。
• Mommy, I'm going to be in a beauty contest.
  妈，我会参加选美。
• Katie is going to enter a beauty contest.
  卡蒂即将参加选美比赛。
• Have you ever entered a beauty contest? Yes, I have.
  你有没有曾经参加过一次美妙的比赛？
• My neighbor won the second prize of a beauty contest.
  我邻居赢了选美比赛的第二名。