the firm is too small to contend against [with] large international companies.
这家公司太小, 无法与国际性的大公司抗争。
they had to contend against drought.
他们必须跟干旱作斗争。
it is the reason of introducing competition that the small dynamic to competition cannot contend against the great opposition to competition.
小的竞争动力和大竞争阻力之间的矛盾是引入非对称管制的原因。
come january, all eyes will be on iowa and new hampshire as voters seek to discover who will emerge as the republican frontrunner to contend against president barack obama.