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compete，vie，contend，rivalry；

[例句] 该队还因其良好的体育精神及公平竞争精神而受到了表扬。 The team also won praise for sportsmanship and fair play.

[例句] 对于有些人来说，赛跑的全部意义就是竞争。 For some people, competing is the be-all and end-all of their running.

war，warfare，battle，sword，[电影]The Battle；

[例句] 那项协议使人们感到战争有望很快结束。 The agreement has raised hopes that the war may end soon.

[例句] 股票价格和交易因人们对战争的忧虑而走低。 Share prices and trading have been dulled by worries over the war.

quarrel，wrangle，squabble，brannigan，brawl ；

[例句] 在和朋友争吵的时候，她掏出了刀。 She produced the knife during arguments with her friends.

[例句] 经过一连串充满敌意的争吵，交易泡汤了。 The deal ended after a series of rancorous disputes.

disagree，dispute，contend with，be at odds with，at odds ；

[例句] 他还在为可采用的进近航线与指挥塔台争执不下。 He is still bickering with the control tower over admissible approach routes.

[例句] 他与楼下的房东发生了争执。 He was in an argument with his landlord downstairs.

argue，dispute，debate，argument，altercate ；

[例句] 在这本新作中，哈里森巧妙地理顺了那些纷繁复杂的争论。 In this new book, Harrison brilliantly disentangles complex debates.

[例句] 他的话必将为争论推波助澜。 His comments are bound to add fuel to the debate.

struggle，fight，accuse and denounce at a meeting，combat，agon ；

[例句] 虽然这是一场艰苦的斗争，但我相信我们会取得胜利。 It's an uphill battle but I think we're going to win.

[例句] 禁毒斗争归根到底是钱的问题。 The war against drug peddling is all about cash.

fight [contend，scramble] for，enter into rivalry with sb. over sth.，strive for，contention ；

[例句] 双方将在12月16日再次交锋以争夺进入四分之一决赛的席位。 The sides must battle again for a quarter-final place on December 16.

[例句] 这场由来已久的对控制权的争夺已经引发了无数流血的战争。 This age-old struggle for control had led to untold bloody wars.

argue，debate，contend，contention，contest ；

[例句] 他并非在争辩中总是能赢，但他经常是对的。 He didn't always win the arguments, but he often was right.

[例句] 国际象棋大师们以性格怪异和好与人争辩而闻名。 Great chess players have a reputation for being both eccentric and argumentative.

strive for，fight for，endeavour to，win over，shoot for ；

[例句] 成功无法保证，并非唾手可得。成功必须靠自己去争取。 Success is not guaranteed. It is not handed to you. Success is earned.

[例句] 我们应该为得到自己想要的而不择手段，奋力争取。 We're expected to hustle and fight for what we want.

make a stand against，resist，contend，oppose ；

[例句] 奇怪的是，她拼命求生的抗争使得她的健康状况大有好转。 Curiously, the struggle to survive has greatly improved her health.

[例句] 规模更小的竞争对手正为结束他们的两强垄断局面而抗争着。 Their smaller rival is battling to end their duopoly.

dispute，conflict，controversial issue，a bone of contention，an apple of discord ；

[例句] 委员会最近因为介入该起争端而遭到批评。 The council recently drew fire for its intervention in the dispute.

[例句] 两个邻国之间的争端和分歧应当通过双边途径解决。 Disputes and differences between the two neighbours would be solved bilaterally.

dispute，wrangle ；

[例句] 这4个省被严重的家族和部族纷争弄得四分五裂。 The four provinces are riven by deep family and tribal conflicts.

[例句] 他正在想办法摆脱这一纷争。 He's looking for a way out from this conflict.

work hard for，do all one can to，argue strongly，contend vigorously，fend ；

[例句] 他力争在政界取得辉煌的成绩. He strove for the glittering prizes of politics.

[例句] 我们应力争取得最好的成绩. We should shoot for the best results.

fight，struggle，strife，combat ；

[例句] 在我看来，是官员们煽动了这场争斗。 As far as I'm concerned the officials incited the fight.

[例句] 我今晚有点心神不定，这场争斗让我不安。 I'm a bit unsettled tonight. This war thing's upsetting me.

argumentative，contestable，[法] conflict，controversial，eristic ；

[例句] 在此我们概述一些有时影响争论的相互对立的力量。 Here we outline some of the some-times conflicting forces moulding the debate.

[例句] 他是个爱出风头、性格外向而且喜欢争论的人。 He was a showman, an extrovert who revelled in controversy.

[体]challenge ；

[例句] 大家争抢最好的位子，真是有失体统。 There was an undignified scramble for the best seats.

[例句] 大群记者在会堂外争抢位置. Hordes of journalists jostled for position outside the conference hall.

disputant，gladiator，polemist，wrangler，contestant ；

[例句] 争论者损失的只是智力. It is only the intellectually lost who ever argue.

[例句] 民族的谦恭精神和团结一致精神的瓦解使争论者们很难倾听对方的意见. The collapse of national civility and cohesion made it difficult for the disputants hear each other.

[体]contender ；

[例句] 奥运金牌的争夺者 a contender for a gold medal in the Olympics

[例句] 是的, 这个极好的转变使得湖人队成为了总冠军的有力争夺者. Yes, this stunning transformation makes the Lakers a genuine title threat.

conflicting，disaccord ；

[例句] 两虎相争,必有一伤. When two tigers fight , one is sure to lose.

[例句] 她挑拨两个对手相争,自己却获得了那份工作. She played her two rivals off against each other and got the job herself.

[法] argumentative ；

[例句] 他的声音里透露着一种不容争辩的语调。 The tone in his voice brooked no argument.

[例句] 平等者之间无 统治权,这是国际上不容争辩的一项法律格言. " Par in parem imperium non habet " is an indisputable legal maxim in the world.