Marsyas thought he could play the flute better than Apollo and challenged the god to a contest.
玛息阿觉得他长笛吹得比阿波罗好，便向这位神发出挑战。
Last April, we held a contest asking readers for their web 3.0 definitions.
去年4月，我们举办了一场邀请读者对Web 3.0进行定义的竞赛。
Years ago, New Republic magazine held a contest for the most boring headline ever.
很多年前，NewRepublic杂志举行了一次比赛，评选史上最无趣的标题。
The team hosted a contest and I had the pleasure of presenting awards to the "Top Heroes".
我们的团队举办了一场竞赛，而我很高兴能为“最佳英雄”颁奖。
We made a contest to see who could skim a flat stone over the water the farthest.
我们进行打水漂比赛，看谁的扁平石头在水面上飞的距离最远。
Once, before he became an outlaw, he decided to enter a contest to prove his skill.
在他成为绿林大盗之前，有一次，他决定参加一场比赛，以证明他的武艺。
Your colleagues may make this into a contest of lame witticisms, but you can simply opt out.
你的同事可能将它视为一场写蹩脚俏皮话的比赛，但你完全可以选择退出。
I like singing very much and used to win the second prize in a contest at our university.
我非常喜欢唱歌，曾在大学比赛中获得二等奖。
To boost my blog traffic, I held a contest, awarding $50 gift cards to readers I picked at random.
为了提高我的博客流量，我举办过一场比赛，奖予价值50美元的礼品卡，获奖者是我从读者中随机抽取的。
For example, you can turn your work into a contest either just for yourself or with your colleagues.
比方说，你可以把工作变成一场竞赛，不管是一个人还是与你的同事一起。
Last year, he held a contest to select a new fall dessert menu item, and the winner received dinner for two.
去年，他举办一场比赛来挑选秋季菜单的新菜式，冠军赢得了一顿双人晚餐。
Many Americans enjoy matching their energy and intelligence against those of others in a contest for success.
许多美国人喜欢在一争高低的竞争中与他人比拼能力和才智。
Individual pursuit is a contest of speed, tactics and nerve with cyclists racing both each other and the clock.
个人追逐赛是一种速度、战略和勇气的比赛，车手们不但要相互比赛，也要与时间比赛。
Converting this debate into a contest between honesty and dishonesty, as the Tories want to, may be their best tactic.
保守党的最佳策略或许是将这场辩论转换为诚信与欺骗之争。
Build a card house. Have a contest to see who can build the tallest house of CARDS (you may need a few decks for this one).
用卡片搭一座房子。比一比谁造的卡片房子最高。
Meanwhile, legions of loyal fans have launched a contest for the best birthday portrait of the trouserless bird in the sailor jacket.
与此同时，唐老鸭的粉丝团举办了一场竞赛，为这位只穿着水手外套不穿裤子的鸭先生征集最佳生日肖像。
Ross and Joey throw a ball back and forth without dropping it for a couple hours; soon it becomes a contest, joined by Monica and Chandler.
罗斯和乔伊来回掷球，数小时未落地。后来莫妮卡和钱德也加入。
Last summer Brad Pitt teamed up with Global Green, a non-profit group, in a contest to design environmentally friendly homes for New Orleans.
去年夏天，布拉德·皮特(Brad Pitt)与一非盈利组织“全球绿色”(Global Green)合作，举行为纽奥尔良新建环保住宅的设计比赛。
Phoebe drinks a lot; Joey thinks the silent auction is just a contest to guess the right price, and he ends up buying a sailboat for $20,000.
菲比喝个大醉；乔伊误把拍卖当成了价格竞猜，结果拍回一艘2万美金的帆船。
During the festivities held in honour of the Snake-Lord, Atlas defeated the Daimyo's personal champion in a contest of hand-to-hand combat.
在纪念蛇形领主的节日上，阿特拉斯在一场一对一的战斗中击败了大名的私人护卫。
And in any case, it doesn't really fool the kids, not the smart ones. They can tell at a young age that a contest where everyone wins is a fraud.
聪明的孩子是不会被这套说辞忽悠的，他们一开始就知道根本不存在人人皆赢的竞赛。
His aim was to paint the election, when it came, as a contest between himself and Mr Ozawa, whose robustness has been undermined by poor health.
他的目的是将即将来临的大选包装成一场他和小泽之间的个人对决(后者由于健康状况不佳，精力不如从前)。
Men grow up in a world in which a conversation is often a contest, either to achieve the upper hand or to prevent other people from pushing them around.
在男人成长的世界里，交谈时常是一种竞争，为了占据优势，也为了防止被他人摆布。
Companies can sell their goods and services and sponsor events in Second Life just as they do in the real world; one sponsored a contest for the best avatar.
在第二人生里，公司能够推销它们的商品和服务，赞助赛事，就像它们在真实世界中所做的那样，一家公司赞助了一次评选最佳化身的比赛。
The Greeks believed that Athena, goddess of wisdom, bestowed the olive on mankind, thereby winning a contest among the gods for presenting the most useful gift.
希腊人认为橄榄是智慧女神雅典娜赐予人类的。雅典娜也因此在和其他众神比谁拿出的礼物最有用的比赛中拔得头筹。
According to the prologue in a galley copy of “Angel at the Fence, ” Mr. Rosenblat entered a contest in The New York Post for the “best love story sent in by a reader.”
根据《篱笆下的天使》校订稿的序言，罗森布拉特参加了纽约邮报的“读者撰写的最美的爱情故事“的竞赛。
According to the prologue in a galley copy of “Angel at the Fence, ” Mr. Rosenblat entered a contest in The New York Post for the “best love story sent in by a reader.”
根据《篱笆下的天使》校订稿的序言，罗森布拉特参加了纽约邮报的“读者撰写的最美的爱情故事“的竞赛。
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