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

• Diana won the beauty contest yesterday.
  黛安娜在昨天的选美比赛中获胜。
• This is a beauty contest where all the contestants are ugly.
  这好像是一个所有参赛者都是丑八怪的选美比赛。
• She has been living in a goldfish bowl since she won the beauty contest.
  自从她选美获胜后，她就像活在金鱼缸中，任人参观，毫无隐私。
• Today is the Beauty Contest of fruit.
  今天是水果家族的选美比赛。
• There is little hope for Mary to win the beauty contest.
  玛丽在选美比赛中获胜的希望不大。
• 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。
• Have you ever participated any beauty contest before?
  以前有否参加过任何选美比赛？
• She won the second prize in a beauty contest.
  她在一次选美比赛中赢得了亚军。
• 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。