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 Frenchman held his own against the challenger.
  这名法国人顶住了挑战者的进攻。
• It would seem that the defending champion has met her match in the new challenger.
  卫冕者似乎遇到了实力相当的挑战者。
• This refusal of Mayer Snyder to agree to debate his challenger.
  snyder市长拒绝了对手的辩论要求。
• 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。
• The champion is faced with a feisty challenger.
  冠军面临着一个勇敢的挑战者。
• The judges gave the nod to the winning challenger.
  裁判们对挑战者的胜利给予确认。
• AS a result of the Challenger experience, my life changed forever.
  由于参与挑战者的经历，我的生活永远的改变了。
• 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。
• The world champion was dethroned last night by a young challenger.
  世界冠军昨晚被一个年轻的挑战者打败了。
• 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。