| 1. | The firm is too small to contend against [with] large international companies .
这家公司太小，无法与国际性的大公司抗争。 |
| 2. | I have had to contend against the unkindness of his sister and the insolence of his mother .
我必须与他姐姐的冷酷和他母亲的专横抗争。 |
| 3. | They had to contend against their political enemies
他们必须与他们的政敌争斗。 |
| 4. | In the american civil war , the north contended against the south
在美国南北战争中北方同南方作战。 |
| 5. | The firm is too small to contend against large international companies
这家公司太小，不能与国际性的公司抗衡。 |
| 6. | He well knew the futility of trying to contend against witches , so he gave up discouraged
他十分清楚和巫婆斗没什么好处，于是他垂头丧气，不得不让了步。 |
| 7. | “ kunlun " lubricating oil is newly put out by petrochina lubricating oil company to contend against famous domestic and foreign brands
“昆仑”润滑油是中国石油润滑油公司今年新推出的旨在同国内外知名品牌相抗衡的一种品牌润滑油。 |
| 8. | In order to contend against the foreign competitors , chinese retail enterprises enlarge their scale by the means of annexation , licensed management , and so on
中国零售企业为了抗衡外资企业的扩大，也通过并购、特许经营等方式扩大经营规模。 |
| 9. | He ; yielding under the pressure of a complicated something , long dreaded and long vaguely foreseen and contended against , and recovering after the cloud had burst and passed , i should hope that the worst was over
他在某种复杂的东西的压力之下崩溃了，他曾长期害怕过它，长期模糊地害怕过它，跟它斗争过，直到乌云裂开，而且消失，他又恢复了正常。 |
| 10. | Quarry the granite rock with razors , or moor the vessel with a thread of silk , then may you hope with such keen and delicate instruments as human knowledge and human reason to contend against those giants , the passion and the pride of man
如若用剃刀就可以开采出花岗岩，用丝线即能系泊位船只，那么，也许你才能希望用人的知识和理性这样美妙而优雅的东西去与人类的情感与高傲那样的庞然大物进行抗争。 |
