contest

• vt.議論する；挑戦する
• vi. 競争する；論争する
• n. 競争；論争；議論

con-、強調する。-文字通り、誰かに証言させること。

contest

contest: [16] The idea underlying contest, unlikely as it may seem, is of ‘bearing witness’. It goes back to Latin contestārī, a compound verb formed from the prefix com- ‘together’ and testārī ‘bear witness’, which in turn was derived from testis ‘witness’ (whence English testament, testicle, and testimony). This verb signified the bringing of a lawsuit by ‘calling witnesses together’ from both sides.

Hence was introduced the adversarial or competitive notion that passed into English, probably via Old French contester (although in the 16th and 17th centuries traces of the original Latin sense ‘bear joint witness, attest’ survived in English, presumably as a scholarly reintroduction).
=> testament, testicle, testimony

contest (v.)

c. 1600, from French contester "dispute, oppose," from Middle French, from Latin contestari (litem) "to call to witness, bring action," from com- "together" (see com-) + testari "to bear witness," from testis "a witness," (see testament). Calling witnesses as the first step in a legal combat. Related: Contestable; contested; contesting.

contest (n.)

1640s, from contest (v.).

1. The latest opinion polls are predicting a very close contest .

最近の世論調査では、競争が激しくなると予測されています。

2.This has stripped the contest down to its essentials.

これにより、試合は最も基本的な一環に簡素化されます。

3.The contest was as much about personalities as itwas about politics.

競争比手段戦略も、個性を競う。

4.Gerald was no longer the odds-on favourite to win the contest .

ジェラルドはもはや試合に勝つことが期待される人気者ではない。

5.It is still a close contest between two leading opposition parties.

これは依然として2大主要反対党の間で互角の戦いである。