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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• While Xie has a strong lock on the title of world's longest hair, there is a challenger.
  虽然谢了一份关于世界上最长的头发冠军有力的锁，有一个挑战者。
• This could be the winning game for the challenger, who only needs two more points for the championship.
  这场比赛可能是挑战者获胜，他只要再得两分就得冠军了。
• 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。
• This is what we are commemorating the "Challenger" on the best way to the seven heroes.
  这正是我们纪念“挑战者”号上七位英雄的最好方式。
• Ah. I? Ve waitting for a new challenger!
  啊，我正等待着一个新的挑战者！