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

• 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。
• The champion is faced with a feisty challenger.
  冠军面临着一个勇敢的挑战者。
• Bombardier became a huge company, with activities in aerospace and transportation, with subsidiaries like Challenger and Global.
  庞巴迪公司是一个巨大的公司，在航空航天活动和交通运输，喜欢与子公司和全球挑战者。
• Determining how the Democratic challenger would conduct his presidency isn't quite so obvious.
  这位民主党挑战者将如何履行总统职务还不能明确判断。
• Both challenger and champion are in the ring.
  挑战者和卫冕冠军都已进入拳台。
• 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。
• But this is a challenger they've never seen.
  但这是一个它们从未见过的挑战者。
• Ah. I? Ve waitting for a new challenger!
  啊，我正等待着一个新的挑战者！
• AS a result of the Challenger experience, my life changed forever.
  由于参与挑战者的经历，我的生活永远的改变了。
• The world champion was dethroned last night by a young challenger.
  世界冠军昨晚被一个年轻的挑战者打败了。