He said the trial was a contest between the defense lawyers and the whole United States.

VOA: special.2010.01.07

They do a contest--those of you who like to enter contests--saying, "how can we break out of this awful mess, oh, whatever can we do?"

曾有一个比赛,问参赛者们,"我们该如何化解当前窘境,我们到底该怎么办"

耶鲁公开课 - 1871年后的法国课程节选

However, like a sporting contest, a beauty pageant can also be used to inspire its viewers.

可是，选美比赛也可以像体育比赛一样激励观众。

选美大会，很不错 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Still, visitors could watch camel races and a contest to choose the most beautiful camel.

VOA: special.2009.01.13

Well, you can only do that if you are in a contest.

你只能在竞争状态下才能做到到这些

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

She gained wider attention three years later when she performed during a contest for young musicians on the National Public Radio program "A Prairie Home Companion."

VOA: special.2010.09.17

This kind of contest is a very common literary device.

这种较量是非常文学化的桥段。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

We announced a contest for listeners to send in suggestions for better names.

VOA: special.2009.01.02

Also, like a sporting contest, some of the participants do not display

其次，就像在体育比赛中，我们会看到一些参赛者没有表现出

选美大会，很不错 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

The library held a contest to name the cat.

VOA: special.2009.02.23

It's a contest just like everything else in Greek society and there's a tremendous amount of pride that goes into victory and a tremendous amount of shame that goes into defeat.

这种竞争与希腊社会中,其他斗争一样,胜者王,享受无穷荣耀,败者寇,受千万人耻笑

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

"Our health and wellness committee provided us with pedometers and there was a contest to see how many people could log ten thousand or more steps each day over a certain period.

VOA: special.2011.02.28

So, I think that in something like a beauty contest,

所以，我觉得，像选美比赛这种东西，

选美大会，很不错 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

At the age of twenty-one, she won a national contest to design the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington,D.C.

VOA: special.2009.05.06

Like a sporting contest,

就像体育比赛，

选美大会，很不错 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

She won a four-year college scholarship, the top prize nationally in a public speaking contest on the Constitution.

VOA: special.2010.04.24

In October of eighteen thirty-three, he won a short story contest organized by a local newspaper.

VOA: special.2009.02.02

The festival has a parade,carnival rides, games and a karaoke singing contest called "Strawberry Idol."

VOA: special.2009.05.19

When he was twelve he won second place in a local singing contest.

VOA: special.2010.02.26

It was a yearly baseball writing contest organized by a newspaper.

VOA: special.2010.01.30

He said the contest was as exciting as a movie.

VOA: special.2009.09.25

There will be a run-off election in the presidential contest if no candidate captures more than 50 percent of the vote.

VOA: standard.2009.08.24

Fiorina,who has positioned herself as a conservative, faces a former U.S.representative, moderate Tom Campbell, and conservative Chuck DeVore in a Republican contest that has highlighted conservative issues.

VOA: standard.2010.06.08

Reid told reporters he had been making overtures to Specter to join the Democratic Party for some time, even before the senator from Pennsylvania faced a difficult reelection contest.

VOA: standard.2009.04.28

The fast-paced sport of ice hockey is thrilling when there is a tightly-played contest, but that is not what spectators observed in each of the opening women's games contested by Canada and the United States.

VOA: standard.2010.02.15

Kerry,during a recent trip to Afghanistan and Pakistan, is credited with playing a key role in convincing Afghan President Hamid Karzai to enter a run-off election, following wide-spread corruption that tainted the initial contest in August.

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

Senator Specter, who's been in the Senate for 29 years, would face a difficult reelection contest next year as a Republican in Pennsylvania, a state that backed Barack Obama over Republican John McCain in last year's presidential race.

VOA: standard.2009.04.28