competitor

noun
🔊/kəmˈpetɪtə(r)/
🔊/kəmˈpetɪtər/
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  1. a person who takes part in a competition参赛者;竞赛者
    • Over 200 competitors entered the race.200 多名选手参加了赛跑。🔊🔊
    • the youngest competitor in the event赛事中最年轻的竞争对手
    • the most successful South African competitor at the games奥运会上最成功的南非竞争对手
    • competitor for something There are six remaining competitors for the grand prize of $50 000.剩下的六名选手将获得5万美元的大奖。
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    • She is one of the sport's top competitors.她是这项运动成绩最好的选手之一。
    • He is the oldest competitor in this year's London Marathon.他是今年伦敦马拉松比赛中最年长的选手。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • strong
    • top
    • successful
    competitor + verb
    • enter something
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  2. a person or an organization that competes against others, especially in business(尤指商业方面的)竞争者,对手
    • We produce cheaper goods than our competitors.我们生产的商品比竞争对手便宜。
    • The company is outperforming its main competitors in the US market.该公司的表现优于其在美国市场上的主要竞争对手。
    • competitor to something They are set to become formidable competitors to American companies.他们将成为美国公司的强大竞争对手。
    • competitor for something Japan was not a major competitor for scarce resources such as oil.日本不是石油等稀缺资源的主要竞争对手。
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    • The company has no serious competitors in this area.该公司在这个领域里没有真正的竞争对手。
    • The industry is facing increasingly strong foreign competitors.该行业正面临着日益强大的国外竞争者的挑战。
    • fierce competitors for the dominant position in the Asian market争夺亚洲市场主导地位的强劲对手
    • Who is your main competitor?谁是您的主要竞争对手?
    Topics Sports: other sportsb1, Businessb1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • biggest
    • chief
    • leading
    verb + competitor
    • face
    • beat
    • outperform
    competitor + verb
    • offer something
    preposition
    • competitor for
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  3. Word Originearly 16th cent.: from French compétiteur or Latin competitor, from competit- ‘striven for’, from the verb competere, from com- ‘together’ + petere ‘aim at, seek’.