in contention

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英文释义

介词短语
  1. Contending for a title or championship.
    — But Chelsea, who left Didier Drogba on the bench as coach Carlo Ancelotti favoured Fernando Torres, staged a stirring fightback to move up to fourth and keep United in their sights on a night when nothing other than victory would have kept the Blues in contention.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see in, contention.
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