一、詳細釋義:


n.

[rival (to sb/sth) (for sth)] 競爭或相比的人或事物,競爭對手 [C]


例句:

He was gloating over the ruin of his rival.

他幸災樂禍地看著他的對手身敗名裂。


例句:

The bank merged with its major rival.

該銀行與其主要對手合并了。


v.

[rival sb/sth (for/in sth)] 堪與某人/某事物競爭;比得上某人/某事物 [T]


例句:

Ships can't rival planes for speed.

船的速度比不上飛機。


例句:

The sunset rivaled the sunrise in beauty.

日落與日出的景色一樣美。


二、詞義辨析:


compete,contend,contest,rival

這些動詞均可表示“競爭”之意。 compete普通用詞,含義廣泛。既可指體育活動等活動中爭取優(yōu)勝的相互競爭,也可指為了自己的利益與他人競爭。 contend指為戰(zhàn)勝或擊敗對手進行不懈努力,強調拼搏。也可指口頭上進行有對立情緒或嚴重分歧的爭論。 contest指為爭奪土地、陣地、權力或榮譽等而展開的競爭。 rival指在兩方或多方的競爭或比賽中,誰都想戰(zhàn)勝或比得上對手。


三、參考例句:


Ships can't rival aircraft for speed.

船的速度不能跟飛機比。


Violent scuffles broke out between rival groups.

敵對派別之間爆發(fā)了混戰(zhàn)。


Ships can't rival planes for speed.

船的速度比不上飛機。


Nothing can rival cotton for durability.

沒有東西能比得上棉花的耐久力。


The meritocratic corpocracy absorbs rival power bases.

這個精英體制吸納了競爭力。


Cricket cannot rival football for excitement.

板球不如足球有刺激性。


She also alluded to her rival's past marital troubles.

她還影射了對手過去的婚姻問題。


She has no rival in the field of romantic fiction.

她寫的浪漫小說誰也比不了。


The boxer whaled his?rival?3?to?0.

拳擊手以3比0擊敗了對手。


In many sports including bungee, your biggest rival is yourself.

在蹦極和很多其他運動中,你最大的對手就是自己。