| 单词 | rivalrous |
| 释义 | rivalrous (once / 590966 pages) adj Someone who's rivalrous is very competitive. It's always exciting for fans when two rivalrous teams meet up for an important match. If you're rivalrous, you're eager to win, whether you're a rivalrous chess player or a rivalrous entrant in a baking competition. A pair of rivalrous siblings is in constant competition with each other, and a rivalrous presidential contest is particularly heated and cutthroat. Rivalrous is from the noun rivalry, from the sixteenth century rival, which has a Latin root: rivalis, "rival or adversary in love." WORD FAMILYrival: rivaled, rivaling, rivalled, rivalling, rivalrous, rivalry, rivals+/rivaled: unrivaled/rivalled: unrivalled/rivalry: rivalries/unrivaled: unrivaledest USAGE EXAMPLESSister cities: Vancouver, or “Hollywood North,” has always had something of a rivalrous relationship with Los Angeles. Los Angeles Times(Oct 03, 2016) Its denizens are proud, sometimes rivalrous, occasionally poetic and, at least in one case, humble. New York Times(Jun 02, 2016) But on campus, where students were studying Sunday for final exams, the news was greeted by many with rivalrous pride. New York Times(May 01, 2016) adj eager to surpass others Syn emulous competitive, competitory involving competition or competitiveness |
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