学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 3310 contender

 今天我们要学的词是 contender.

 

contender 的意思是竞争者、争夺者。President Donald Trump's 2020 presidential campaign reported raising more than $30 million in the first quarter of 2019, far outpacing the haul of every Democratic contender during the same time. 美国总统特朗普2020年竞选团队报告说，他们在2019年第一季度的竞选筹款超过3000万美元，远远超过了每位民主党竞争者的同期筹款额。

 

U.S. Democratic presidential contender Bernie Sanders recently released 10 years of tax returns, providing details of his growing status as a millionaire fueled by a sharp jump in income from book royalties¹ since his losing 2016 White House run. 美国民主党总统参选人桑德斯最近公布了10年的报税表，列出他自2016年参选总统失利后，由于版税收入大幅增加而成为越来越富有的百万富翁的详情。

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参考例句：

• I lived on about £3,000 a year from the royalties on my book. 我靠着写书得来的每年约3，000英镑的版税生活。 来自辞典例句
• Payments shall generally be made in the form of royalties. 一般应采取提成方式支付。 来自经济法规部分