| 词组 | contend |
| 释义 | contend The word contend is very commonly found followed by a clause: • ... contending that he will be editing the one journal no one could damage —John Kenneth Galbraith, New York, 15 Nov. 1971 Contend is also used with prepositions, and with is the one most often found: • We must constantly—in an infinite variety of ways—be contending with one another —Edmund Wilson, A Piece of My Mind, 1956 • ... they had contended first with wind and sandstorms, and now with cold —Willa Cather, Death Comes for the Archbishop, 1927 Less frequently, contend is used with against in this same relation: • ... some of the difficulties against which the French business man had to contend —Paul Johnson, New Statesman & Nation, 19 Sept. 1953 When the object of the preposition is the source of contention, for is the choice: • ... a gray stone castle, for whose keep Bruces and Comyns and Macdowalls contended seven centuries ago —John Buchan, Castle Gay, 1930 Earlier in this century, some usage books, among them Ball 1923, Weseen 1928, and Lincoln Library 1924 mention that contend may also be used with about. Interestingly enough, our citation files have no evidence for this use in running text, but quite a lot for for. The OED does mention about at the entry for contend, but only one quotation for contend about is shown, and that is from the 17th century. |
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