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rival

noun
 
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  1. a person, company or thing that competes with another in sport, business, etc.竞争对手
    • The two teams have always been rivals.这两个队一直是竞争对手。🔊🔊
    • Marlowe was Shakespeare's main rival at the beginning of his career.马洛（Marlowe）是莎士比亚职业生涯初期的主要竞争对手。
    • the company's nearest/closest rival in the business公司在业务上最接近/最接近的竞争对手
    • The two men were bitter rivals throughout their careers.这两个人在整个职业生涯中都是激烈的竞争者。
    • This latest design has no rivals (= it is easily the best design available).这种最新款式独领风骚。🔊🔊
    • rival for something She has no rivals for the job.没有任何对手和她争这份工作。
    • rival to somebody/something Grand it may be, but this cathedral is no rival to the great cathedral of Amiens.这座主教堂虽然非常宏伟，但却不敌亚眠大教堂。
    see also arch-rival
    Extra Examples
    • The Japanese are our biggest economic rivals.日本人是我们最大的经济竞争对手。🔊🔊
    • He eliminated his rivals with brutal efficiency.他残忍而又利落地消灭了自己的对手。
    • She is now regarded as the greatest potential rival to Hu.她现在被认为是胡最大的潜在对手。
    • The business needed to revive profits and compete with new rivals.这个企业需要恢复利润并且与新对手竞争。
    • The company faces big rivals in Europe and Asia.该公司在欧洲和亚洲都要面对强劲的竞争对手。
    • The company is well equipped to compete with its international rivals.这个公司条件优越，足以和国际对手竞争。
    • They were rivals for her love.为得到她的爱他们成了情敌。
    • They wind up as romantic rivals for the same woman.他们最后因为追求同一个女人而成为情敌。
    • They're old political rivals.他们是政坛上的老对手。
    • Those two have been friendly rivals since they first met.那两人从第一次见面就成了友好的对手。
    • In France and England, a new king often had to fight rivals for the succession to the throne.在法国和英国，一位新国王常常不得不与竞争对手争夺王位。
    • Their friendship ended when the two men became rivals for the same woman.当两个男人成为同一个女人的对手时，他们的友谊结束了。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • bitter
    • close
    • deadly
    • …
    verb + rival
    • have
    • face
    • beat
    • …
    rival + noun
    • candidate
    • clan
    • faction
    • …
    preposition
    • rival for
    • rival in
    • rival to
    • …
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    Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Latin rivalis, originally in the sense ‘person using the same stream as another’, from rivus ‘stream’.

rival

adjective
 
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  1. (of a person, company, thing, etc.人、公司、事物等) competing with another person, company, thing, etc.相互竞争的；对抗的
    • a rival bid/claim/offer竞争投标；对立的权利要求；竞争的出价
    • fighting between rival groups/factions敌对团体/派系之间的战斗
    • He was shot by a member of a rival gang.他被敌对团伙的一名成员开枪击中。🔊🔊
    Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Latin rivalis, originally in the sense ‘person using the same stream as another’, from rivus ‘stream’.

rival

verb
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they rival
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he / she / it rivals
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past simple rivalled
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past participle rivalled
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(North American English also) past simple rivaled
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(North American English also) past participle rivaled
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-ing form rivalling
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  1. rival somebody/something (for/in something) to be as good, impressive, etc. as somebody/something else与…相匹敌；比得上 synonym compare with/to
    • You will find scenery to rival anything you can see in the Alps.你看到的景色可与你在阿尔卑斯山所看到的景色相媲美。🔊🔊
    • Golf cannot rival football for excitement.高尔夫球不像足球那样刺激。
    see also unrivalled
    Extra Examples
    • Nothing rivals skiing for sheer excitement.没有什么比得上滑雪那般刺激。
    • The food of this region is rivalled only by its wines.该地区的美食只能与葡萄酒相媲美。
    • a palace which almost rivals Versailles in size凡尔赛宫的规模几乎可以与之媲美的宫殿
    • Many mammals use echoes but the only ones to rival bats in sophistication are whales.许多哺乳动物都使用回声，但在复杂性方面，唯一可以与蝙蝠匹敌的是鲸鱼。
    • The boat has an extensive galley which rivals most domestic kitchens.船上有一个宽敞的厨房，可与大多数家用厨房匹敌。
    • The collection is rivalled only by that at the British Museum.该收藏只能与大英博物馆的收藏相抗衡。
    Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Latin rivalis, originally in the sense ‘person using the same stream as another’, from rivus ‘stream’.