challenge
/ˈtʃalɪn(d)ʒ/
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Stress
- 1st syllable stress
- Vowel
- Short i vowel
- Ending
- Final e often stays silent
chal - lenge -> challenge
(n) စိန်ခေါ်ခြင်း။ စွမ်းရည်သတ္တိကို စမ်းသပ် ခြင်း။ စောဒကတက် ခြင်း။ လုံခြုံရေးက ရပ်ခိုင်းပြီး မည်သူလဲဟုမေးခြင်း။ (v) ယှဉ်ပြိုင်ရန်စိန်ခေါ်သည်။ စောဒကဝင်သည်။ အရည်အချင်းကို အကဲစမ်းသည်။ ရပ်ခိုင်းပြီး မည်သူ မည်ဝါဖြစ်ကြောင်း မေးသည်။
၁။ ~ (to sb) (to do sth) စိန်ခေါ်ခြင်း။ issue/accept/meet a challenge.
၂။ စွမ်းရည်သတ္တိကို စမ်းသပ် ခြင်း။ She likes her job to be a challenge. ❍ Reducing the gap between rich and poor is one of the main challenges facing the government.
၃။ ~ (to sth) စောဒကတက် ခြင်း။ a serious challenge to the President's authority ❍ His statements are often open to challenge.
၄။ လုံခြုံရေးက ရပ်ခိုင်းပြီး မည်သူလဲဟုမေးခြင်း။ The sentry gave the challenge, ‘Who goes there?’
v
၁။ ~ sb (to sth) ယှဉ်ပြိုင်ရန်စိန်ခေါ်သည်။ challenge sb to a duel/a game of tennis ❍ She challenged the newspaper to prove its story.
၂။ စောဒကဝင်သည်။ challenge sb's authority/right to do sth ❍ challenge a claim/an assertion/a verdict ❍ This new discovery challenges traditional beliefs.
၃။ အရည်အချင်းကို အကဲစမ်းသည်။ The job doesn't really challenge him.
၄။ ရပ်ခိုင်းပြီး မည်သူ မည်ဝါဖြစ်ကြောင်း မေးသည်။ The sentry challenged the stranger at the gates.
❏ challenger n စိန်ခေါ်သူ။ the challenger for the heavyweight title.
❏ challenging adj ခက်ခဲသော။ အစွမ်းပြရသော။ အကဲစမ်း သော။ a challenging assignment/job/test.
- I was bored with my job and felt I needed a new challenge.
- [meet a challenge] : Are western nations ready to meet the enormous environmental challenges that lie ahead?
- [challenge of] : We were all keen walkers, and enjoyed the challenge of this remote place.
- [the challenge is to do something] : The challenge for policy-makers is to achieve economic growth without damaging the environment.
- [face a challenge] : The new government faces the daunting challenge of completing the building on time.
- He began a legal challenge to clear his name.
- [challenge to] : There seems to be no significant challenge to the party’s free-market ideology.
- [pose/present a challenge to something] : Recent discoveries pose a serious challenge to accepted views on the age of the universe.
- [challenge to] : The strike was seen as a direct challenge to the authority of the government.
- [mount a challenge] : They have failed to mount a serious challenge to the existing leadership.
- [challenge for] : Federer returned to make a major challenge for the Wimbledon title.
- [issue a challenge] : One of the men issued the challenge, ‘I’ll take on any two of you.’
- One of the golfers competing in the Million Dollar Challenge
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