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

• He was once a challenger to mitterrand's leadership.
  他曾一度是密特朗的领导地位的挑战者。
• 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。
• Nancy and I are pained to the core by the tragedy of the shuttle Challenger.
  南希和我为挑战者号航天飞机的悲剧感到至为痛心。
• Some of the challenger companies have already achieved great success.
  一些具有挑战能力的公司已经取得了巨大的成功。
• 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。
• If the challenger wins, he will become the new world heavyweight champion.
  如果挑战者获胜，他将成为新的重量级世界冠军。
• 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 Frenchman held his own against the challenger.
  这名法国人顶住了挑战者的进攻。
• You send me to meet my challenger, whatever it may be.
  你送我去见我的对手，不管它是个什么模样。
• 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。