Contention

(noun.) a point asserted as part of an argument.

阿曼德录入

• I think, said Adeimantus, that in the spirit of contention which characterises him, he is not unlike our friend Glaucon. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• As that hope failed, instinctive love of life animated me, and feelings of contention, as if a hostile will combated with mine. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• She felt how unprofitable contention would be. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• Other similar suits followed, and in each one the decision justified Morse’s contention. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• This contention is unworthy of both of us; and I confess that I am weary of replying to charges at once unfounded and unkind. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• The fact enforced the contention that she had made a fatal mistake in not returning to Count Olenski. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• The court upheld this contention, and declared the patent invalid. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• Poor Mary little thought it would be such a bone of contention when she gave it me to keep, only two hours before she died. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• He sat beside her; and, taking the paper from her hand, said, Not a word more shall my sweet Perdita read of this contention of madmen and fools. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Their frequent bone of contention was the war. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• To prove his contention he set out for Arbois with a large numbe r of glass bulbs each half filled with a putrescible liquid. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• So suddenly and smartly did he do this, that we all stopped in our foolish contention. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• We will lose no time in contention with this unfeeling wretch, said I, but I will go with you to the workhouse, and nurse you. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• The reader will remark that these five points practically resume the main contentions of the previous part of the work. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.

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