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

• He may not have seen off the challengers for the leadership of the party, but he has at least silenced them for a while.
  能没有彻底击败该党派领导权的挑战者，但是他至少让他们沉默了一阵子。
• His closest rival among a long list of challengers, former foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah, has34 percent.
  在众多候选人中与他最接近的竞争对手、前外交部长阿卜杜拉获得了34%的选票。
• 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。
• 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。
• Steele beat out four challengers including the incumbent Republican chairman, Mike Duncan, and Steele vowed to bring change to the Republican Party.
  斯蒂尔是击败了包括现任共和党全国委员会主席迈克·邓肯之后胜出的。他誓言要为共和党带来变革。
• Stuttgart, Schalke and Werder Bremen are expected to be the main challengers to Bayern with some oddsmakers tipping a steadily improving Bayer Leverkusen and a rejuvenated Hamburg SV as teams also in contention.
  斯图加特，沙尔克和云达不莱梅被认为是拜仁的主要挑战者，还有一些赔率制定者暗示，稳定改善的勒沃库森和年轻化的汉堡也在竞争中也有机会。
• That victory put the Ukrainians beyond the reach of their nearest challengers, Dynamo Moscow.
  本场胜利使乌克兰人甩开了最强有力的对手，莫斯科迪那摩队。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。