English Dictionary

challenge

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈt͡ʃæl.ɪnd͡ʒ/

名詞

稀用 アメリカ英語

An antagonization or instigation intended to convince a person to perform an action they otherwise would not. / A bid to overcome something. / (sports) An attempt to take possession; a tackle.

日本語の意味

相手にある行動を促すために行われる挑発、仕掛け / 何かを克服・乗り越えようとする試み / （スポーツにおいて）ボールを奪おうとする試み、タックル

His challenge pushed her to attempt the risky climb, even though she had always been cautious.

彼の挑発により、いつもは慎重な彼女が危険な登山を試みることになった。

意味（1）

An antagonization or instigation intended to convince a person to perform an action they otherwise would not.

Congratulations on managing to use the phrase “preponderant criterion” in a chart (“On your marks”, November 9th). Was this the work of a kakorrhaphiophobic journalist set a challenge by his colleagues, or simply an example of glossolalia?

意味（2）

A bid to overcome something.

a challenge to the king's authority

意味（3）

(sports) An attempt to take possession; a tackle.

Argentine midfielder Jonas Gutierrez added a superb second when he surged past four challenges to fire in low.

意味（4）

A summons to fight a duel; also, the letter or message conveying the summons.

意味（5）

The act of a sentry in halting a person and demanding the countersign, or (by extension) the action of a computer system demanding a password, etc.

The somewhat-shattered San Francisco also managed to make it out, although not before she'd come within seconds of being blown out of the water by Helena, as the two had lost contact in the dark and the flagship had loomed back out of the murk with no one and nothing available to answer the light cruiser's challenge - the radio, the whistle, the signal lights, the flags, et cetera, had all been destroyed. Luckily, one of the few surviving signalmen found a small handheld signal light and managed to blink out the ship's hull number.

意味（6）

An attempt to have a work of literature restricted or removed from a public library or school curriculum.

意味（7）

A difficult task, especially one that the person making the attempt finds more enjoyable because of that difficulty.

意味（8）

(law, rare) A judge's interest in the result of a case, constituting grounds for them to not be allowed to sit the case (e.g., a conflict of interest).

Consanguinity in direct line is a challenge for a judge when he or she is sitting cases.

意味（9）

The act of appealing a ruling or decision of a court of administrative agency.

意味（10）

The act of seeking to remove a judge, arbitrator, or other judicial or semi-judicial figure for reasons of alleged bias or incapacity.

We're still waiting to hear how the court rules on our challenge of the arbitrator based on conflict of interest.

意味（11）

(US) An act of seeking to have a certain person be declared not legally qualified to vote, made when the person offers their ballot.

意味（12）

(hunting) The opening and crying of hounds upon first finding the scent of their game.

challenges （ plural ）