contested(形容词/过去分词):有争议的;被质疑或被挑战的,常用于选举结果、所有权、观点、判决等情境(如 a contested election 充满争议的选举)。也可表示“被争夺的”(如 a contested title 被争夺的冠军头衔)。
/kənˈtɛstɪd/
The results were contested by the losing team.
结果被输掉的队伍提出了质疑。
The scientist’s findings were heavily contested, not because the data were weak, but because they challenged long-held assumptions.
这位科学家的研究结果引发了强烈争议,并非因为数据不足,而是因为它挑战了长期以来的既定观念。
contested 来自动词 contest(争辩、质疑、争夺)加上 -ed 构成的过去分词/形容词形式。contest 源自拉丁语 contestari,本义与“共同作证、在证人面前确认”有关,后来引申为“提出异议、争论、争夺”,因此 contested 带有“被公开质疑/争论”的含义。