单词 | competitive |
释义 | competitivecompetitive /kəmˈpɛt̮ət̮ɪv/ ●●○ W3 adjective 1able to be more successful than other people or businesses: Some U.S. industries are not as competitive as they have been in the past. The merger will give the company a competitive edge (=a better ability to compete) in the market.2a competitive market or industry has a lot of businesses that are all trying hard to be more successful than the others: highly/fiercely/intensely etc. competitive The market for airline companies is highly competitive.3[only before noun] competitive sports involve teams or players competing against each other: Competitive sports encourage children to work together as a team.4competitive prices, salaries, etc. are as good as or slightly better than prices or salaries in other stores or companies: Long distance phone companies offer very competitive rates.► see thesaurus at cheap15someone who is competitive is determined to win or to be more successful than other people: I hate playing tennis with Stephen – he’s too competitive.—competitively adverb |
随便看 |
英语词典包含48224条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。