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

• 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。
• 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。
• The Frenchman held his own against the challenger.
  这名法国人顶住了挑战者的进攻。
• 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。
• This would instantly create potential new challenger banks in Britain.
  这将在英国银行业内马上打造出新的挑战者。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• But this is a challenger they've never seen.
  但这是一个它们从未见过的挑战者。