in contention

基本解释

It only took us two normal races to be fully back in contention for the title.
我们只花了两场比赛就重新回到了争夺冠军的行列。
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There should be plenty of that from here to the finish with the top three women’s seeds — Wozniacki, Vera Zvonareva and Kim Clijsters — still in contention.
与头三号女子种子选手—沃兹尼亚奇，及还在争夺的维拉兹沃娜列娃和克里斯特尔斯，从这里到冠军还会有大量压力。
Another double fault put Venus immediately under pressure as she served to stay in contention and four points later a wayward forehand gave Serena a first match point.
此时，维纳斯在只有保发才能将争夺继续下去的情况下竟然再次送出双误，令自己陷入重重压力。双方来来回回打出四分后，大威一记不听使唤的击球让小威拿到首个赛点。

And facing a skeptical public, the British leader reiterated his contention that fighting in Afghanistan is necessary to keep Britain safe.
In the early years of the English Revolution, one of the hottest flash points of political contention was the degree of appropriate state involvement in the church.
在英国革命的早年，政治诉求中非常迫切的一点就是,政府在宗教管理中适当参与的程度。
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One of the main points of contention between the Maoists and other political parties is the future of about who are currently confined in U.N.-supervised camps.

Tiger is sure to see major airtime whether he is in contention or not.
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