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

• She looked very excited to hear that she won the first prize in the beauty contest.
  听说她在选美比赛中得了一等奖，她看起来很激动。
• Mommy, I'm going to be in a beauty contest.
  妈，我会参加选美。
• But now, beauty contest teams often have a consulting plastic surgeon on hand.
  而现在，参加选美比赛的各支团队都会配有整形顾问。
• She will enter for a beauty contest.
  她将参加选美比赛。
• 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。
• A group of nomads have a kind of beauty contest that extend for one week every year.
  一群游牧人民每年有一种延续一周的选美大赛。
• 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。
• 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。
• Outside pressure and changes in society, therefore, brought about changes in the beauty contest world.
  外界的压力和社会的变化，因而，世界性的选美活动带来了改变。
• Katie is going to enter a beauty contest.
  卡蒂即将参加选美比赛。