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

• 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。
• This refusal of Mayer Snyder to agree to debate his challenger.
  snyder市长拒绝了对手的辩论要求。
• A titanic explosion consumed Challenger and its crew of seven.
  巨大的爆炸毁灭了挑战者号和它的七名乘务员。
• 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。
• Ah. I? Ve waitting for a new challenger!
  啊，我正等待着一个新的挑战者！
• 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。
• 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。
• But this is a challenger they've never seen.
  但这是一个它们从未见过的挑战者。
• A fight was scheduled between the world boxing champion and the challenger.
  世界拳击冠军和挑战者之间将有一橙赛。
• Both challenger and champion are in the ring.
  挑战者和卫冕冠军都已进入拳台。