rival

n.对手；竞争者

vt.与…竞争；比得上某人

vi.竞争

adj.竞争的

noun

1. 竞争对手
   a person, company, or thing that competes with another in sport, business, etc.
   1. The two teams have always been rivals.
      这两个队一直是竞争对手。
   2. The Japanese are our biggest economic rivals.
      日本人是我们最大的经济竞争对手。
   3. This latest design has no rivals (= it is easily the best design available) .
      这种最新款式独领风骚。

verb

1. 与…相匹敌；比得上
   to be as good, impressive, etc. as sb/sth else
   1. You will find scenery to rival anything you can see in the Alps.
      你能看到的景色可与你在阿尔卑斯山所见的任何景色相媲美。

n. 对手；竞争者 vt. 与…竞争；比得上某人 vi. 竞争 adj. 竞争的 n. (Rival)人名；(英、法、西)里瓦尔

名词复数形式:rivals 过去式:rivalled 第三人称单数:rivals 现在分词:rivalling 过去分词:rivalled

rival 竞争者

来自拉丁语 rivalis,邻居，对手，竞争者，来自 rivus,溪流，河谷，来自 PIE*reie,流动，流水， 奔跑，词源同 run,Rhine.

1. If we are certain a rival will beat us out, we are wide open to jealousy.
   如果我们能够确定某个选手将打败我们，我们很容易心生妒忌。
2. New proposals have been put forward to break the deadlock among rival factions
   旨在结束各竞争派别之间僵持局面的新提案已被提交。
3. Rival claims to Macedonian territory caused conflict in the Balkans.
   多方主张拥有对马其顿的领土主权，结果在巴尔干地区引发了冲突。
4. Two rival laser surgery systems are undergoing clinical trials in the US.
   两个相互竞争的激光手术系统正在美国进行临床试验。
5. They agreed to form a council composed of leaders of the rival factions.
   他们同意成立一个由敌对派系的领袖组成的委员会。
6. Airtours conceded defeat in its attempt to take control of holiday industry rival Owners Abroad
   空中旅游公司承认其对度假服务行业竞争对手海外业主旅行社的控股企图以失败告终。
7. The 28-year-old striker was in court last week for breaking a rival player's jaw.
   那名28岁的前锋因造成对方一名球员下颌骨折，上周出庭受审。
8. That would make the competition between rival suppliers even deadlier.
   那将使得对立供应商之间的竞争更加你死我活。
9. The gunman had been hired by a rival Mafia family to do the dirty deed.
   一个敌对的黑手党家族雇用了那个枪手来实施这一卑劣行动。
10. Their smaller rival is battling to end their duopoly.
    规模更小的竞争对手正为结束他们的两强垄断局面而抗争着。
11. During the fight with a rival gang he lashed out with his flick knife
    在与敌对帮派的打斗中，他挥舞着弹簧折刀一通猛刺。
12. Police had to interpose themselves between the two rival groups
    警方不得不对这两个对立团体进行干预。
13. The rival political parties are already jockeying for power
    相互竞争的政党已经在耍各种手段争权夺势了。
14. Bank of America merged with a rival bank
    美国银行与一家竞争银行合并了。
15. He completed the lengthy course some three seconds faster than his nearest rival, Jonathon Ford
    他比劲敌乔纳森·福特少用了大概3秒钟完成了漫长的赛程。
16. Leaders of some rival factions signed a peace agreement last week
    上周，一些敌对派系领导人签订了和平协议。
17. Some believe this level of compensation is essentially a poison pill to put off any rival bidders.
    有些人认为这种程度的补偿实质上是阻止任何投标对手的“毒丸”防御。
18. The world champion finished more than two seconds ahead of his nearest rival
    世界冠军领先第二名2秒多钟到达终点。
19. He eliminated his rivals in a brutal struggle for power
    他在一场残酷的权力争斗中将对手一一铲除。
20. The police believe the fight was due to a dispute between rival teenage gangs.
    警察认为这场打斗是由两个敌对的青少年帮派之间的纠纷引起的。
21. He is a pastry chef without rival.
    他是最好的面点师。
22. Violent scuffles broke out between rival groups demonstrating for and against independence.
    支持和反对独立的两支游行队伍间爆发了激烈的冲突。
23. Police segregated the two rival camps of protesters
    警察把两个敌对阵营的抗议人群隔离开来。
24. He polled four times as many votes as his rival.
    他得到的选票数量是竞选对手的4倍。
25. No one could rival him in this respect.
    这方面无人能与他匹敌。
26. The ups and downs of the rival parties furnished subjects for two excellent cartoons.
    敌对两党之盛衰给两幅最优秀的漫画提供了题材。
27. He made several nasty insinuations about his rival.
    他几度对他的对手进行恶意的隐射。