一、详细释义:
n.
[rival (to sb/sth) (for sth)] 竞争或相比的人或事物,竞争对手 [C]
例句:
He was gloating over the ruin of his rival.
他幸灾乐祸地看着他的对手身败名裂。
例句:
The bank merged with its major rival.
该银行与其主要对手合并了。
v.
[rival sb/sth (for/in sth)] 堪与某人/某事物竞争;比得上某人/某事物 [T]
例句:
Ships can't rival planes for speed.
船的速度比不上飞机。
例句:
The sunset rivaled the sunrise in beauty.
日落与日出的景色一样美。
二、词义辨析:
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。
三、参考例句:
Ships can't rival aircraft for speed.
船的速度不能跟飞机比。
Violent scuffles broke out between rival groups.
敌对派别之间爆发了混战。
Ships can't rival planes for speed.
船的速度比不上飞机。
Nothing can rival cotton for durability.
没有东西能比得上棉花的耐久力。
The meritocratic corpocracy absorbs rival power bases.
这个精英体制吸纳了竞争力。
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.
她还影射了对手过去的婚姻问题。
She has no rival in the field of romantic fiction.
她写的浪漫小说谁也比不了。
The boxer whaled his rival 3 to 0.
拳击手以3比0击败了对手。
In many sports including bungee, your biggest rival is yourself.
在蹦极和很多其他运动中,你最大的对手就是自己。