contest可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时接名词或代词作宾语;用作不及物动词时常与介词 against 连用表示“与…竞争”,与介词for连用表示“为获得…而竞争”,与介词with连用表示“与…作斗争”。
例句:
We would hotly contest this idea.
我们猛烈地批驳这一观点。
This has stripped the contest down to its essentials.
这就使比赛精简到最基本的环节。
The contest was as much about personalities as it was about politics.
竞赛比手段策略,也比个性。