rival

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n. 对手, 竞争者 a. 竞争的

发音

US /ˈɹaɪvəl/

词形变化

rivals 复数 rivals rivaled rivaling rivalled rivalling rivals 三单 rivaling 现在分词 rivalling 现在分词 rivaled 过去式 rivaled 过去分词 rivalled 过去式 rivalled 过去分词

教材释义与例句

名词

对手；竞争者

动词

与…竞争；比得上某人

动词

竞争

形容词

竞争的

释义与例句

n. B2 Oxf 5000
  1. 1.

    A competitor (person, team, company, etc.) with the same goal as another, or striving to attain the same thing. Defeating a rival may be a primary or necessary goal of a competitor.

    对手

    敌手

    Chris is my biggest rival in the 400-metre race.

  2. 2.

    Someone or something with similar claims of quality or distinction as another.

    As a social historian, he has no rival.

  3. 3.

    One having a common right or privilege with another; a partner.

    废旧
v.
  1. 1.

    To oppose or compete with.

    及物

    to rival somebody in love

  2. 2.

    To be equal to, or match, or to surpass another.

  3. 3.

    To strive to equal or excel; to emulate.

adj. B2 Oxf 5000
  1. 1.

    Having the same pretensions or claims; standing in competition for superiority.

    rival lovers

    rival claims or pretensions

词汇关系

名词

同义词 4

competition challenger competitor contender

上位词 1

contestant

下位词 10

enemy favorite champion scratch favourite champ foe tier runner-up comer
动词

同义词 3

touch match equal

上位词 3

compete vie contend

下位词 2

outrival outvie

近义相关 5

match equal equate equalize equalise
形容词

近义相关 1

hostile

相关短语

arch rival sans rival

词源

Learned borrowing from Latin rīvālis (literally “person using the same stream as another”). By surface analysis, Latin rīvus + -al.

来源：wiktionary