challengers

英 [ˈtʃælɪndʒəz]

美 [ˈtʃæləndʒərz]

n.  (体育运动或政治的)挑战者
challenger的复数

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。

双语例句

• Sir Geoffrey Howe, resentful since being ousted as foreign secretary, seized his moment to quit the cabinet, deliver a devastating resignation speech and invite challengers for the leadership.
  外交大臣杰弗里•豪因被撤职而心怀不满，他抓住这个机会从内阁辞了职，并发表了毁灭性的辞职演说，呼吁挑战者争夺领导地位。
• We look at City and Chelsea as the main challengers and, if we finish above those two, we'll hopefully win the league.
  我们关注曼城和切尔西，因为他们是主要的挑战者。如果我们比他们排位高就很可能拿到冠军。
• President Obama, whose administration said it would not defend Section 3 of DOMA, because it believed the provision was unconstitutional, called Windsor and the challengers of Prop. 8 to congratulate them.
  总统奥巴马内阁称不会支持《婚姻保护法》的第三部分，因为他们认为这个条款是违反宪法的，并给温莎和8号提案的反对者致电祝贺。
• Despite Tottenham's continued improvement, Ferguson believes United's closest challengers will come only from the usual suspects.
  虽然热刺一直在进步，但爵爷相信曼联最大的竞争者还是老面孔。
• The battle between the two main challengers has been dominated by niggling personal issues and trivial disputes.
  这两位竞争对手之间的战争主要围绕琐碎的个人小事和争议展开。
• But these four are under pressure from new entrants and fast-emerging challengers.
  不过，这四位领跑者已感受到了新上榜者和快速崛起的挑战者的压力。
• Iranian officials say President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad overwhelmingly beat out three challengers, including his nearest rival, reformist candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi.
  伊朗官员说，总统艾哈迈迪内贾德以压倒优势击败三名挑战者，包括最接近的对手、改革派候选人穆萨维。
• Even though all the votes have yet to be counted in Afghanistan, the top challengers in presidential race both see victory.
  尽管所有的选票尚未在阿富汗被统计，然而在总统竞选中的顶尖挑战者们都已经看到了胜利。
• It's a sign to people that matter: major players and challengers to Kim Jong-il, says Daniel Pinkston, north-east Asia deputy project director at International Crisis Group.
  国际危机集团（InternationalCrisisGroup）东北亚地区项目副主管丹尼尔品克斯顿（DanielPinkston）表示：这是给那些紧要人士的一种信号：那些举足轻重的人以及金正日的挑战者。
• For the likes of Nokia it meant taking on China-based challengers by increasing the rate of product development and outsourcing some manufacturing.
  对诺基亚（nokia）这样的企业来说，这意味着通过提高产品开发速度、外包部分制造流程，来迎战中国的挑战者。