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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- challenge [ 'ʧælɪnʤ] [ 'ʧælɪndʒ]
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1.
vt.
要求（参加）决斗、竞赛等；向…挑战；挑动
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2.
vt.
[military]
向…发出查问的口令
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3.
vt.
要求说明（原因等）；对…表示反对（或异议）；质疑
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4.
vt.
激发；激励；刺激
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5.
vt.
否认；指责
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6.
vt.
要求，需要
- challenge the imagination
- 需要想象力
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7.
vt.
[American English]
对某选票或投票人的资格表示异议；对陪审员合法性正式提出异议
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8.
vt.
宣称投票人无投票资格；宣称选票无效
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9.
vt.
用接触致病性传染物进行免疫性试验
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10.
vi.
作出、发出或提出挑战；表示异议（或反对）
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11.
vi.
[legal]
（对某陪审员出庭等表示）反对
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12.
vi.
（猎犬闻到猎物味道时）吠叫
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13.
noun
挑战；要求决斗；邀请参加比赛
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14.
noun
查问口令，盘问
- A sentry gave the challenge.
- 哨兵发出口令。
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15.
noun
质疑，质问，诘难
- a challenge of premises of an argument
- 对论点前提的质疑
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16.
noun
要求，需要，鞭策
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17.
noun
艰巨的任务；难题；需竭尽全力才能完成的工作；光辉的前景
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18.
noun
[American English]
[legal]
（对某一选票或某人选举权表示的）异议；（对某陪审员出庭等表示的）反对
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19.
noun
（猎犬闻到猎物味道时的）吠叫
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20.
noun
用接触致病性传染物所进行的免疫性试验
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21.
noun
[medicine]
激发（指注入抗原来激发免疫应答）
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1.
vt.
要求（参加）决斗、竞赛等；向…挑战；挑动
Collins English-English Dictionary
- challenge ['tʃælɪnʤ]
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1.
vb
[mainly tr]
to invite or summon (someone to do something, esp to take part in a contest)
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2.
vb
[also intr]
to call (something) into question; dispute
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3.
vb
to make demands on; stimulate
- the job challenges his ingenuity
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4.
vb
to order (a person) to halt and be identified or to give a password
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5.
vb
[law]
to make formal objection to (a juror or jury)
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6.
vb
to lay claim to (attention, etc)
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7.
vi.
[intr]
[hunting]
(of a hound) to cry out on first encountering the scent of a quarry
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8.
vi.
to inject (an experimental animal immunized with a test substance) with disease microorganisms to test for immunity to the disease
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9.
n
a call to engage in a fight, argument, or contest
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10.
n
a questioning of a statement or fact; a demand for justification or explanation
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11.
n
a demanding or stimulating situation, career, object, etc
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12.
n
a demand by a sentry, watchman, etc, for identification or a password
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13.
n
[US]
an assertion that a person is not entitled to vote or that a vote is invalid
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14.
n
[law]
a formal objection to a person selected to serve on a jury (challenge to the polls) or to the whole body of jurors (challenge to the array)
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15.
n
[Etymology]
C13: from Old French chalenge, from Latin calumnia
calumny
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1.
vb
[mainly tr]
to invite or summon (someone to do something, esp to take part in a contest)
Examples
- A sentry gave the challenge.
- 哨兵发出口令。 → challenge
- a challenge of premises of an argument
- 对论点前提的质疑 → challenge
- challenge the imagination
- 需要想象力 → challenge
- His challenge drew no reply.
- 他的挑战没有得到回答。 → draw
- equal to the challenge
- 有能力应战的 → equal
- a peremptory challenge
- (无需指明理由请求某一陪审员回避的)绝对回避 → peremptory
- To climb Mount Everest is a heavy challenge.
- 攀登珠穆朗玛峰是一项极大的挑战。 → heavy
- This chimney on the way up is going to be a real challenge.
- 这条上山甬道会是个不小的挑战。
- to rise to the challenge
- 迎接挑战 → challenge
- to challenge sb to do sth
- 向某人提出挑战做某事 → challenge
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