rival

音标['raivl] 读音

汉语翻译

n. 对手, 竞争者
a. 竞争的
【经】 竞争的; 竞争者
相关词组:
without a rival

词型变化:

动词过去式:rivaled,rivalled 过去分词:rivaled,rivalled 现在分词:rivaling,rivalling 第三人称单数:rivals,rivals 

词意辨析:

compete, contend, contest, rival
这些动词均可表示“竞争”之意。
compete: 普通用词,含义广泛。既可指体育活动等活动中争取优胜的相互竞争,也可指为了自己的利益与他人竞争。
contend: 指为战胜或击败对手进行不懈努力,强调拼搏。也可指口头上进行有对立情绪或严重分歧的争论。
contest: 指为争夺土地、阵地、权力或荣誉等而展开的竞争。
rival: 指在两方或多方的竞争或比赛中,谁都想战胜或比得上对手。
match, equal, rival
这些动词均含“相称、比得上、与……相比”之意。
match: 指对手之间力量、强度、性能或利益等的较量或竞争。
equal: 指在数量、价值或程度等方面已完全相等。
rival: 指某人或某物在和对手竞争中,在能力、质量等方面都能与之相匹敌,都能比得上。
opponent, competitor, enemy, foe, rival
这些名词均有“对手、敌手”之意。
opponent: 最常用词,通常指在争论、辩论、竞选或竞赛以及其它各种矛盾冲突中站在对立面的“对手”或“敌手”。
competitor: 指为同一目标或目的竞争者,一般无感 * 彩。
enemy: 多指充满敌意的仇敌。
foe: 语气较强,多用于书面文字和诗歌中,指不仅敌对,而且很危险,怀有很深的敌意。
rival: 指与某人目标一致而想赶上或超过他的人,匹敌者。

英语解释:

名词 rival:

  1. the contestant you hope to defeat
    同义词:challenger, competitor, competition, contender

动词 rival:

  1. be equal to in quality or ability
    同义词:equal, touch, match
  2. be the rival of, be in competition with

例句:

  1. He was utterly unscrupulous in his competition with rival firms.
    他与对立公司竞争完全不讲道德。
  2. The party leader has been supplanted by his rival.
    那位政党领导已被他的对手取而代之了。
  3. He lashed at his rival for dishonesty.
    他严厉斥责对手的欺诈行为。
  4. The bank merged with its major rival.
    该银行与其主要对手合并了。
  5. A rival company has set afloat a new credit scheme.
    一家竞争的公司已开始实施一项新信用购物方案。
  6. He is hound out of his job by jealous rival.
    他受到忌妒他的竞争者的算计而被迫离职。
  7. Tom and I were rivals for the job.
    汤姆和我是这次求职的竞争对手。
  8. Ships can't rival aircraft for speed.
    轮船在速度方面无法与飞机匹敌。

详细解释:


ri.val

n.(名词)
One who attempts to equal or surpass another, or who pursues the same object as another; a competitor.
竞争对手,敌手:试图与另一人匹敌或超越的人,或者是与另一个人追求同一目标的人;竞争对手
One that equals or almost equals another in a particular respect.
匹敌者:在某一特定方面与另一人相等或几乎相等的人
Obsolete A companion or an associate in a particular duty.
【废语】 同事,伙伴:在某一特定的任务中的伙伴或助手
n.attributive.(定语名词)
Often used to modify another noun:
常用来修饰另一个名词:
例句:
rival companies; rival products; rival teams; rival schools.
竞争公司;竞争产品;竞争队;竞争学校

v.(动词)
ri.valed 或 ri.valled ri.val.ing 或 ri.val.ling ri.vals 或 ri.vals
v.tr.(及物动词)
To attempt to equal or surpass.
与…竞争:试图匹敌或越过
To be the equal of; match:
与…相匹敌;比得上:
例句:
.They achieved more than they had ever dreamed, lending a magic to their family story that no tale or ordinary life could possibly rival.(Doris Kearns Goodwin)
.他们取得的成就比他们所梦想的还要多,这给他们的家族史注入了一股魔力,使得任何神话及日常生活都没法匹敌.(多丽丝·克恩斯·古德温)

v.intr.(不及物动词)
To be a competitor or rival; compete.
竞争:成为竞争对手或敌人;竞争

来源:
Latin rov3lis [a rival, one using the same stream as another]
拉丁语 rov3lis [对手,与另一个使用相同水流的人]
from rovus [stream] * see rei-
源自 rovus [河,水流] *参见 rei-

<参考词汇><同义词>rival,compete,vie,emulateThese verbs mean to seek to equal or surpass another.
这些动词都表示试图与…匹敌或超越另一人。
Rival is the most general:
Rival 最具概括意义:
例句:
.His ambition led him to rival the career of Edmund Burke. (Henry Adams).Tocompete is to contend with another or others to attain a goal, as gaining an advantage, victory in a contest, or a prize:
.他的抱负致使他超越了爱德蒙·伯克的事业. (亨利·亚当斯)。Compete 指为了达到某一目标,如为取得优势、在竞赛中取得胜利或获奖,而与另一个人或其他人竞争:

例句:
Local hardware stores can`t compete with discount outlets.
地方五金商店不能与那些削价商行相竞争。

例句:
.She must learn to compete . . . not as a woman, but as a human being. (Betty Friedan).
.她必须学会竞争…不是以女人的身份,而是以人的身份. (贝蒂·弗里丹)。

Vie, often interchangeable with compete, sometimes stresses the challenge implicit in rivalry:
Vie 常能与Compete 互换, 但有时强调隐含在竞争行为中的挑战:
例句:
.No mortal could vie with Zeus. (Homer).
任何凡人都没法与宙斯匹敌. (荷马)。

Emulate connotes imitation in an effort to match or outdo another:
Emulate 表示为赶上或超越另一人而努力模仿:
例句:
.The whole world emulates Athens and Rome. (David Hume).
.全世界都仿效雅典和罗马 (大卫·休谟)


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