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contend

C1 verb

contend /kənˈtɛnd/ nghĩa là tranh giành, đối địch

Các nghĩa

  1. tranh giành, đối địch

    To be in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.

    intransitive

    The Lord said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle.

    For never two such kingdoms did contend without much fall of blood.

  2. đấu tranh, giành giật

    To struggle or exert oneself to obtain or retain possession of, or to defend.

    intransitive

    17th century, John Dryden, Epistle III to the Lady Castlemain You sit above, and see vain men below / Contend for what you only can bestow.

    God has entrusted something to the church, and it is the church's job to contend for it, even unto death

  3. tranh luận, cãi lý

    To be in debate; to engage in discussion; to dispute; to argue.

    intransitive

    these simple ideas are far from those innate principles which some contend for

    many of those things he so fiercely contended about , were either falle or trivial

  4. chủ trương, biện hộ

    To believe (something is reasonable) and argue (for it); to advocate.

    intransitive

    In this paper the author contends that no useful results can be obtained if this method is used.

    Some panellists contended that the costs of research and care justified the establishment of a permanent national commission

  5. đương đầu, xoay xở

    To try to cope with a difficulty or problem.

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