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

• Have you ever participated any beauty contest before?
  以前有否参加过任何选美比赛？
• My neighbor won the second prize of a beauty contest.
  我邻居赢了选美比赛的第二名。
• Without letting anyone know, Debbie entered the beauty contest.
  黛比没让任何人知道，悄悄地参加了选美比赛。
• He was a judge at the beauty contest.
  他是那次选美比赛的一名评审。
• 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。
• Diana won the beauty contest yesterday.
  黛安娜在昨天的选美比赛中获胜。
• The final of the earliest recorded beauty contest in Britain took place, at Newcastle upon Tyne.
  英国最早有记载的选美赛比赛在泰恩河畔的纽卡斯尔举行。
• She has been living in a goldfish bowl since she won the beauty contest.
  自从她选美获胜后，她就像活在金鱼缸中，任人参观，毫无隐私。
• Katie is going to enter a beauty contest.
  卡蒂即将参加选美比赛。
• JOHN MAYNARD KEYNES once likened investing to judging a beauty contest.
  约翰梅纳德凯恩斯曾经将投资来衡量一个选美比赛。