a person, company or thing that competes with another in sport, business, etc. 竞争对手 The two teams have always been rivals. 这两个队一直是竞争对手。 Marlowe was Shakespeare's main rival at the beginning of his career. 马洛是莎士比亚事业初期的主要竞争对手。 the company's nearest/closest rival in the business 该公司在该行业中最接近的对手 The two men were bitter rivals throughout their careers. 这两个人在整个职业生涯中都是死对头。 This latest design has no rivals (= it is easily the best design available). 这种最新款式独领风骚。 - rival for something
She has no rivals for the job. 没有任何对手和她争这份工作。 - rival to somebody/something
Grand it may be, but this cathedral is no rival to the great cathedral of Amiens. 这座主教堂虽然非常宏伟,但却不敌亚眠大教堂。
Extra ExamplesThe Japanese are our biggest economic rivals. 日本人是我们最大的经济竞争对手。 He eliminated his rivals with brutal efficiency. 他残忍而又利落地消灭了自己的对手。 She is now regarded as the greatest potential rival to Hu. 她现在被认为是胡最大的潜在对手。 The business needed to revive profits and compete with new rivals. 这个企业需要恢复利润并且与新对手竞争。 The company faces big rivals in Europe and Asia. 该公司在欧洲和亚洲都要面对强劲的竞争对手。 The company is well equipped to compete with its international rivals. 这个公司条件优越,足以和国际对手竞争。 They were rivals for her love. 为得到她的爱他们成了情敌。 They wind up as romantic rivals for the same woman. 他们最后因为追求同一个女人而成为情敌。 They're old political rivals. 他们是政坛上的老对手。 Those two have been friendly rivals since they first met. 那两人从第一次见面就成了友好的对手。 In France and England, a new king often had to fight rivals for the succession to the throne. 在法国和英国,新国王经常不得不与对手争夺王位继承权。 Their friendship ended when the two men became rivals for the same woman. 当两个男人成为同一个女人的对手时,他们的友谊结束了。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- bitter
- close
- deadly
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- have
- face
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- candidate
- clan
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Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Latin rivalis, originally in the sense ‘person using the same stream as another’, from rivus ‘stream’.