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单词 rival
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rival

noun
 
/ˈraɪvl/
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  1. a person, company or thing that competes with another in sport, business, etc.
    • The two teams have always been rivals.
    • Marlowe was Shakespeare's main rival at the beginning of his career.
    • the company's nearest/closest rival in the business
    • The two men were bitter rivals throughout their careers.
    • This latest design has no rivals (= it is easily the best design available).
    • rival for something She has no rivals for the job.
    • rival to somebody/something Grand it may be, but this cathedral is no rival to the great cathedral of Amiens.
    see also arch-rival
    Extra Examples
    • The Japanese are our biggest economic rivals.
    • He eliminated his rivals with brutal efficiency.
    • She is now regarded as the greatest potential rival to Hu.
    • The business needed to revive profits and compete with new rivals.
    • The company faces big rivals in Europe and Asia.
    • The company is well equipped to compete with its international rivals.
    • They were rivals for her love.
    • They wind up as romantic rivals for the same woman.
    • They're old political rivals.
    • Those two have been friendly rivals since they first met.
    • In France and England, a new king often had to fight rivals for the succession to the throne.
    • Their friendship ended when the two men became rivals for the same woman.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • bitter
    • close
    • deadly
    • …
    verb + rival
    • have
    • face
    • beat
    • …
    rival + noun
    • candidate
    • clan
    • faction
    • …
    preposition
    • rival for
    • rival in
    • rival to
    • …
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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’.

rival

adjective
 
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  1. (of a person, company, thing, etc.) competing with another person, company, thing, etc.
    • a rival bid/claim/offer
    • fighting between rival groups/factions
    • He was shot by a member of a rival gang.
    Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Latin rivalis, originally in the sense ‘person using the same stream as another’, from rivus ‘stream’.

rival

verb
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they rival
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he / she / it rivals
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past simple rivalled
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past participle rivalled
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(North American English also) past simple rivaled
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(North American English also) past participle rivaled
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-ing form rivalling
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(North American English also) -ing form rivaling
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  1. rival somebody/something (for/in something) to be as good, impressive, etc. as somebody/something else synonym compare with/to
    • You will find scenery to rival anything you can see in the Alps.
    • Golf cannot rival football for excitement.
    see also unrivalled
    Extra Examples
    • Nothing rivals skiing for sheer excitement.
    • The food of this region is rivalled only by its wines.
    • a palace which almost rivals Versailles in size
    • Many mammals use echoes but the only ones to rival bats in sophistication are whales.
    • The boat has an extensive galley which rivals most domestic kitchens.
    • The collection is rivalled only by that at the British Museum.
    Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Latin rivalis, originally in the sense ‘person using the same stream as another’, from rivus ‘stream’.
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