| 1. | I would scorn to contend for empire with him .
我不高兴同他争高低。 |
| 2. | They have much to contended with .
他们有不少困难有待克服。 |
| 3. | It was sufficiently toilsome for one contending for life .
这对于一个逃命的人来说是够吃力的。 |
| 4. | Her eyes showed that she was contending with a problem .
她的眼睛显示出她心里正有一个为难的问题。 |
| 5. | It is the principle i contend for, not individual or private benefit .
我奋斗争取的是原则而不是个人的私利。 |
| 6. | He was tiresome in contending for the value of his own labours .
他老为他自己劳动的价值而争强斗胜，令人生厌。 |
| 7. | He contends for his own individual soul against the universal reality .
他争取自己的个人灵魂而抗击宇宙的真实。 |
| 8. | 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。 |
| 9. | An ant and a fly were contending with great warmth which was of the greater importance .
蚂蚁和苍蝇正在激烈争辩他们谁更重要。 |
