beauty contest

英 [ˈbjuːti kɒntest]

美 [ˈbjuːti kɑːntest]

n.  选美比赛; “选美式”竞争(指互相竞争的公司或个人为说服某人采用其服务而举行的展示活动)

牛津词典

noun

• 选美比赛
  a competition to choose the most beautiful from a group of women
• “选美式”竞争（指互相竞争的公司或个人为说服某人采用其服务而举行的展示活动）
  an occasion on which several competing companies or people try to persuade sb to use their services

柯林斯词典

• 选美比赛
  Abeauty contestis a competition in which young women are judged to decide which one is the most beautiful.

双语例句

• We spotted the winner of the beauty contest the moment she appeared.
  她一出现，我们就认准她将在选美比赛中获胜。
• Sofia met producer and future husband Carlo Ponti while competing in another beauty contest.
  在另一次选美比赛中，她遇到了制片人即后来成她丈夫的卡洛·庞帝。
• It was in Moldova that Olga took won a beauty contest.
  奥尔加在摩尔多瓦获得了选美比赛的冠军。
• Diana won the beauty contest yesterday.
  黛安娜在昨天的选美比赛中获胜。
• Ann: Well. There's a beauty contest in Thailand just for fat beauties.
  泰国有一个选美比赛是专门为胖美人们而设的。
• My neighbor won the second prize of a beauty contest.
  我邻居赢了选美比赛的第二名。
• The final of the earliest recorded beauty contest in Britain took place, at Newcastle upon Tyne.
  英国最早有记载的选美赛比赛在泰恩河畔的纽卡斯尔举行。
• Without letting anyone know, Debbie entered the beauty contest.
  黛比没让任何人知道，悄悄地参加了选美比赛。
• She entered for beauty contest last year and won the first prize.
  她去年参加了选美比赛，赢了一等奖。
• JOHN MAYNARD KEYNES once likened investing to judging a beauty contest.
  约翰梅纳德凯恩斯曾经将投资来衡量一个选美比赛。