contention

noun

1. 争吵；争执；争论
   angry disagreement between people
   1. One area of contention is the availability of nursery care.
      争论的一个方面是提供幼儿保育的可能性。
   2. a point of contention
      争论点
2. （尤指争论时的）看法，观点
   a belief or an opinion that you express, especially in an argument
   1. It is our client's contention that the fire was an accident.
      我们当事人的看法是这场火灾属于意外。
   2. I would reject that contention.
      我不会同意那种观点。

1. N-COUNT (争论或讨论时的)看法，观点
   Someone's contention is the idea or opinion that they are expressing in an argument or discussion.
   1. This evidence supports their contention that the outbreak of violence was prearranged.
      这一证据证实了他们的观点，即此次突发暴力事件是有预谋的。
   2. Sufficient research evidence exists to support this contention.
      有足够的调查证据支持这个观点。
2. See also: They generally tried to avoid subjects of contention between them... A particular source of contention is plans to privatise state-run companies. bone of contention
3. PHRASE 有机会获胜
   If you are in contention in a contest, you have a chance of winning it.
   1. He was in contention for a place in the European championship squad.
      他有望在欧洲锦标赛代表队中获得一席之地。

1. The main bone of contention is the temperature level of the air-conditioners.
   争来争去无非是空调温度。
2. This evidence supports their contention that the outbreak of violence was prearranged.
   这一证据证实了他们的观点，即此次突发暴力事件是有预谋的。
3. Sufficient research evidence exists to support this contention.
   有足够的调查证据支持这个观点。
4. They generally tried to avoid subjects of contention between them
   他们一般都尽量避免会引起彼此不和的话题。
5. A particular source of contention is plans to privatise state-run companies.
   发生争执的一个根源就是国营公司的私有化方案。
6. He was in contention for a place in the European championship squad.
   他有望在欧洲锦标赛代表队中获得一席之地。
7. Truth does not fear contention. The more the truth is debated, the clearer it becomes.
   真理越辩越明，真理不怕辩论。
8. What is the real bone of contention?
   真正的争议点是什么？
9. I strongly oppose that contention.
   我强烈地反对那种主张。
10. One area of contention is the availability of nursery care.
    争论的一个方面是提供幼儿保育的可能性。
11. The island has been a bone of contention between our two countries.
    多年来，那个岛屿一直是我们两国之间争执的焦点。
12. Three players are in contention to win the title.
    三个运动员在争夺这个项目的冠军。
13. Truth does not fear contention.
    真理不怕争辩。
14. For spoiling and violence are before me: and there are that raise up strife and contention.
    毁灭和强暴在我面前。又起了争端和相斗的事。
15. This can also improve performance by reducing L3 cache and memory contention.
    这样做还可以通过减少L3缓存和内存争用，从而改善了性能。
16. No resource contention means most threading problems go away.
    没有资源冲突就意味着大多数线程化问题消失了。
17. This allows all CPUs to schedule tasks without contention from other CPUs.
    这样允许所有的CPU都可以对任务进行调度，而不会与其他CPU产生竞争。
18. Fork/ join addresses the issue of queue contention by having one work queue per thread.
    通过让一个线程拥有一个工作队列，Fork/join解决了队列争用的问题。
19. This instance will include additional information about schema and table that was involved in the contention.
    这个实例将包含关于争用中涉及的架构和表的额外信息。
20. Another advantage is the reduction of I/ O contention on read or update processing.
    另一个好处是可以减少在读或更新的处理过程中对I/O的争用。
21. However, I argue with the contention that this is the top route to reducing world poverty.
    然而，我不同意一个论点，即这（获取安全的饮用水和卫生设施）是减少世界贫困的最高级别的路线。
22. He admitted without contention.
    他不加辩论地承认了。
23. This is not in contention.
    这一点已无需争辩。
24. The protocol, which combines contention and reservation, solves hidden, exposed terminal problems perfectly.
    该协议采用竞争与预约相结合的方法，有效地解决了隐藏、暴露终端等问题。
25. However, Glen Johnson and Fabio Aurelio could come into contention.
    不过，格伦·约翰逊和法比奥·奥雷里奥则已经可以参加比赛了。
26. The first lane is Time, indicating when this lock contention occurs.
    第一列是时间，表明什么时候锁出现了竞争。
27. This is not a time for contention.
    这不是争论的时候。
28. Its performance is compared with that of contention resolution schemes based on conventional routing.
    将其与基于传统路由的方案进行了比较。
29. This issue is no longer in contention.
    这个问题已不再争论了。
30. This contention can be reduced by partitioning the object of which this allocation unit is a part.
    通过将此分配单元属于其一部分的对象进行分区，可以减少此争用。

n.

in contention (for sth)

• 有机会赢得
  with a chance of winning sth
  1. Only three teams are now in contention for the title.
     现在只有三个队有机会夺冠。

out of contention (for sth)

• 没有机会赢得
  without a chance of winning sth

a bone of contention

• 争执所在
  a subject which causes disagreement and arguments between people

noun

1. the act of competing as for profit or a prize
   1. the teams were in fierce contention for first place

   Synonym:    competitionrivalry

2. a point asserted as part of an argument

3. a contentious speech act
   1. they were involved in a violent argument

   Synonym:    controversycontestationdisputationdisceptationtiltargumentarguing