challengers

英 [ˈtʃælɪndʒəz]

美 [ˈtʃæləndʒərz]

n.  (体育运动或政治的)挑战者
challenger的复数

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。

双语例句

• But these four are under pressure from new entrants and fast-emerging challengers.
  不过，这四位领跑者已感受到了新上榜者和快速崛起的挑战者的压力。
• That victory put the Ukrainians beyond the reach of their nearest challengers, Dynamo Moscow.
  本场胜利使乌克兰人甩开了最强有力的对手，莫斯科迪那摩队。
• 'China's team will definitely be really strong,' says Ms. Tie, who has twice competed in the Olympics and is seen as one of mainland China's stronger challengers this year.
  她说：中国队肯定是非常强的，但我会尽力。帖雅娜参加过两次奥运会，被视为今年中国大陆选手的有力挑战者之一。
• The battle between the two main challengers has been dominated by niggling personal issues and trivial disputes.
  这两位竞争对手之间的战争主要围绕琐碎的个人小事和争议展开。
• But it needs challengers too.
  但它也需要挑战者。
• The Chinese star is expected to compete against one of his toughest challengers, Dayron Robles, in the60-meter hurdles.
  这位中国田径之星期望能够在60米跨栏和他的最大竞争对手罗伯斯一较高下。
• Armed ethnic groups are influential in their territories, and ethnic parties could be main challengers to the junta's USDP in the poll.
  武装族裔团体在其领土有支配影响，少数民族党派作为主要挑战者竞争军政府的联邦巩固与发展党。
• Who do else do you think will be the main challengers?
  您认为谁会是主要的的挑战者？
• Previous challengers to postwar American supremacy Japan and the Soviet Union eventually fell by the wayside.
  战后美国霸权的昔日挑战者日本和苏联都以失败告终。
• He may not have seen off the challengers for the leadership of the party, but he has at least silenced them for a while.
  能没有彻底击败该党派领导权的挑战者，但是他至少让他们沉默了一阵子。