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

• Since she got to the top, she has carefully removed every potential challenger from office.
  自从登上权力顶峰，她小心地罢黜了每一个潜在的挑战者。
• Sir Richard has been playing the challenger for a long time.
  理查德爵士已经扮演了很久的挑战者角色。
• This picture of course you recall from the space shuttle Challenger when it failed.
  看到这张照片大家当然想起了，挑战号飞船的失败。
• Ah. I? Ve waitting for a new challenger!
  啊，我正等待着一个新的挑战者！
• The judges gave the nod to the winning challenger.
  裁判们对挑战者的胜利给予确认。
• While Xie has a strong lock on the title of world's longest hair, there is a challenger.
  虽然谢了一份关于世界上最长的头发冠军有力的锁，有一个挑战者。
• Bombardier became a huge company, with activities in aerospace and transportation, with subsidiaries like Challenger and Global.
  庞巴迪公司是一个巨大的公司，在航空航天活动和交通运输，喜欢与子公司和全球挑战者。
• A fight was scheduled between the world boxing champion and the challenger.
  世界拳击冠军和挑战者之间将有一橙赛。
• This refusal of Mayer Snyder to agree to debate his challenger.
  snyder市长拒绝了对手的辩论要求。
• 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。