Preguntas sobre ejemplos de oraciones con, y la definición y uso de "Contest"

A: One side of a debate or contest or competition has no chance.

A: competed in.

A: Big

A: “It’s no contest” means that the winner is obvious - there was never any real competition. In this case, Apple is the clear winner.
The colon is to emphasize that Apple being more likable than a company like Exxon is what the author means by “it’s no contest.” It could have been a period and been correct, but the colon makes the two thoughts feel more connected.
I personally would not capitalize the T after C’mon, but I think the person did that because C’mon is a bit of a throwaway word, so the person is treating “Think” as the real beginning of the sentence.

A: a competition between two or more people

A: 1. The attorney contested the argument posed by the prosecutor.
2. The referee's call was contested by the player, but after watching the instant replay, the call was upheld.

A: A: Do you think Gemma is cuter than Amy?
B: No contest.

A: Revisa la pregunta para ver la respuesta

A: Contest is something that doesn't really require a specific skill but has a reward. Like a raffle or bingo is a contest. You can win but it's more luck than anything. A competition is to determine who is the best or most skilled at something. Sports are a competition and a spelling bee is a competition. Becuase people who are all good at the same thing are competing to see who is best.

A: The first one would be on a formal written document and would be pronounced “the 8th of June.” The second one is more casual because it matches more closely what we would typically say (June 8th)

A: hold a contest = to direct/lead/host a contest.
Ex. The local government is holding a contest to see who can design the best new city hall.

"have a contest" could mean the above or it could mean that a person is taking part in a contest. Ex. I have a singing contest today. I hope I win.

A: Ohhh yes I should have seen that :p

A contest is typically a single short event between multiple people. It feels less serious than a competition. A competition can describe a series of contests. There is not much difference between the two though.

A: content

A: and giveaway contest would mean you would get something if you win the competition

A: Yeah it makes sense

A: Both are equally natural

A: I don't believe he failed the contest, because he elaborated on his work one hundred times more than the others did!

other options:
-- than the rest of them!
--better than the rest of them!

A: It's completely correct, just a bit on the formal side. Normally, we tend to use "ask" instead of "invite," but either is fine! You will generally hear "invite" when services (e.g. food banquets, hotels, etc.) are brought up.

A: 问题是现在完全是几个单字乱拼凑的句子，也很难理解matters这词想表达的意思。

If I had to guess, I would think that 'matters' here mean the most important thing, the thing that you will focus on.

最重要的，关键的

A: None of these are grammatically correct, because you used the present-tense form to refer to the past.

The correct form would be:

"She was the runner-up at the last contest."

But if there was two or more runner-ups (a tie for second place) then you could say:

"She was a runner-up at the last contest."