1.Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathermatics, subtile; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend: Abeunt studia in mores.
读史使人明智，读诗使人灵秀，数学使人周密，科学使人深刻，伦理使人庄重，逻辑修辞之学使人善辩；凡有所学，皆成性格。
2.To strive for victory or superiority; contend.
竞争为胜利或者优势而争斗；竞争
3.When the people contend for their liberty they seldom get anything by their victory but new master.
人们为自由而斗争，但斗争胜利后，往往除了换个新主子之外几乎得不到什么。
4.The animation movies produced by Hayao Miyazaki, the Japanese director and animator, are a major Oriental force to contend in the animation circle with those of Walt Disney Television Animation or DreamWorks Animation.
日本导演宫崎骏的动画片是能够和迪斯尼，梦工厂共分天下的一支重要东方力量。
5.Those who hold this view may, however, contend that some countries in Asia, for example, the Confucianist societies, do share a common set of values.
然而，持有这种看法的人或许会接受亚洲一些国家(譬如奉行儒家思想的社会)享有共同价值观的事实。
6.A wise man does not contend with a fool.
智者不与愚人争。
7.They contend that land mines could be “sniffed out” by artificial means, in the same way bombs can be sniffed out by dogs.
他们坚持认为，既然炸弹能够被狗嗅出来，那么地雷同样可以靠人工手段“嗅出”。
8.Will you be partial to Him? Will you contend for God?
8你们要徇神的情面么？要为?争论么？
9.Some army farms and enterprises, having made some money, are now spending it carelessly, and some leading cadres contend for the power to grant requests made by subordinate units.
现在有的农尝企业赚了钱，随便开支，有的领导干部还互相争批条子的权力。
10.Awake, and rise to my defense! Contend for me, my God and Lord.
23我的上帝我的主啊，求你奋兴醒起，判清我的事，伸明我的冤！
