If two dissimilar metals could be decomposed and power at the same time produced they contended that practical work might be done with the force. 威廉·亨利·杜利特.世纪发明.
The day waned into a gloomy evening, overcast and sad, and I still contended with the same distress. 查尔斯·狄更斯.荒凉山庄.
The cruiser is the result of the triumph of those who contended for high speed at the sacrifice of heavy armor protection and excessive battery strength. 佚名.神奇的知识之书.
I contended with my inward dimness of vision, before which clouds yet rolled. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.简·爱.
Having nothing, so it is thought, to do with mental activity, it becomes a distraction, an evil to be contended with. 约翰·杜威.民主与教育.
For a time hunger and sleep contended, till the constellations reeled before my eyes and then were lost. 玛丽·雪莱.最后一个人.
She withdrew her veil, and looked on them with a countenance in which bashfulness contended with dignity. 沃尔特·司各特.艾凡赫.
Upon this occasion the Irish chieftains contended which should first offer to the young Prince their loyal homage and the kiss of peace. 沃尔特·司各特.艾凡赫.
Edison narrates two incidents that may be taken as characteristic of a good deal that had to be contended with, coming in the shape of nefarious attack. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔.爱迪生的生平和发明.
There was a hurry, too, in all his thoughts, a turbulent and heated working of his heart, that contended against resignation. 查尔斯·狄更斯.双城记.
Physicians, after having for ages contended that the sick should not be indulged with fresh air, have at length discovered that it may do them good. 本杰明·富兰克林.富兰克林自传.
His confidence in her, sat more easily upon him than the indecision with which he had twice contended. 查尔斯·狄更斯.我们共同的朋友.