challenge
- IPA[ˈCHalənj]
美式
- a call to take part in a contest or competition, especially a duel；a task or situation that tests someone's abilities
- invite (someone) to engage in a contest；enter into competition with or opposition against
verb: challenge, 3rd person present: challenges, gerund or present participle: challenging, past tense: challenged, past participle: challenged
noun: challenge, plural noun: challenges
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名詞
- 1. a call to take part in a contest or competition, especially a duel he accepted the challenge 同義詞
- ▪ a task or situation that tests someone's abilities the ridge is a challenge for experienced climbers 同義詞
- ▪ an attempt to win a contest or championship in a sport a world title challenge
- 2. an objection or query as to the truth of something, often with an implicit demand for proof a challenge to the legality of the order 同義詞
- ▪ a sentry's call for a password or other proof of identity I heard the challenge “Who goes there?”
- ▪ an objection regarding the eligibility or suitability of a jury member.
- 3. the administration of an immunogenic or infectious agent to an animal or person, in order to study the resulting immune response or measure the efficacy of a vaccine challenge trials have yielded positive results when carefully and ethically conducted human challenge studies occur in tightly controlled settings
動詞
- 1. invite (someone) to engage in a contest he challenged one of my men to a duel organizations challenged the government in by-elections 同義詞
- ▪ enter into competition with or opposition against the beauty industry as we know it is being challenged by a group of pioneers hoping to change the way we see our bodies
- ▪ make a rival claim to or threaten someone's hold on (a position) they were challenging his leadership
- ▪ invite (someone) to do or say something that one thinks will be difficult or impossible I challenge the Minister to deny these accusations
- ▪ make demands on; prove testing to a new way of life that would challenge them 同義詞
- 2. dispute the truth or validity of it is possible to challenge the report's assumptions 同義詞
- ▪ object to (a jury member).
- ▪ (of a guard) order (someone) to prove their identity the watchman did not challenge him
- 3. administer an immunogenic or infectious agent to an animal or person, in order to study the resulting immune response or measure the efficacy of a vaccine the mice were challenged with the influenza virus
- used euphemistically to indicate that someone suffers disability in a specified respect: my experience of being physically challenged
Oxford Dictionary
- (used euphemistically) impaired or disabled in a specified respect: physically challenged
Oxford American Dictionary
- a defendant's or lawyer's objection to a proposed juror, made without needing to give a ... attorneys used their peremptory challenges to exclude jurors based on the crudest racial stereotypes the extent of peremptory challenge
Oxford American Dictionary
- a defendant's or lawyer's objection to a proposed juror, made without needing to give a ... attorneys used their peremptory challenges to exclude jurors based on the crudest racial stereotypes the extent of peremptory challenge
Oxford Dictionary
- not tall in height; short.
Oxford American Dictionary
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- IPA[ˈtʃalɪn(d)ʒ]
英式
- a call to someone to participate in a competitive situation or fight to decide who is superior ... he accepted the challenge
- invite (someone) to engage in a contest: he challenged one of my men to a duel organizations challenged the government in by-elections
Oxford Dictionary
