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

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

Diana won the beauty contest yesterday.
黛安娜在昨天的选美比赛中获胜。
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。
Today is the Beauty Contest of fruit.
今天是水果家族的选美比赛。
She won the second prize in a beauty contest.
她在一次选美比赛中赢得了亚军。
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。
He was a judge at the beauty contest.
他是那次选美比赛的一名评审。
She will enter for a beauty contest.
她将参加选美比赛。
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。
Life is one beauty contest after another.
人生就象一个接一个的选美会。
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。