| 单词 | competition |
| 释义 | competition (once / 205 pages) n If you are trying to win or attempting to prove you're the best, you're in a competition. The word also describes your opponent in sports, business, and politics. If you're trying to beat out someone else — whether in the Olympics or a pie-baking contest — it's a competition, and the other contestants are called the competition too. If you describe something as a "friendly competition," you're saying the outcome isn't critical, or there's no money involved. If you do something impressive in order to win, people will say competition brings out the best in you. If you try to injure your opponent, they'll say it brings out the worst. WORD FAMILYcompetition: competitions+/compete: competed, competes, competing, competition, competitive, competitor/competitive: competitively, competitiveness, noncompetitive, uncompetitive/competitor: competitors/noncompetitive: noncompetitively/uncompetitive: uncompetitively USAGE EXAMPLESThe FIS also said it was working with the Russian Snowboard Federation to look “for possible replacement competitions in Russia on the same dates.” Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) “I’m happy to be back on the competition again. Abu Dhabi was a good start. I need to continue that way.” Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) Now the company must spend more money to produce shows, including competition and reality shows, as well as biopics. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1n the act of competing as for profit or a prize Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper contention, rivalry cooperation joint operation or action contest a struggle between rivals battle of witsa contest in which intelligence rather than violence is used bidding contesta series of competing bids popularity contestcompetition (real or figurative) for popular support group action action taken by a group of people 2n a business relation in which two parties compete to gain customers business competition can be fiendish at times Hypo|Hyper price competition, price war intense competition in which competitors cut retail prices to gain business business relation a relation between different business enterprises 3n an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants Syn|Hypo|Hyper contest game a single play of a sport or other contest athletic competition, athletic contest, athleticsa contest between athletes bouta contest or fight (especially between boxers or wrestlers) championshipa competition at which a champion is chosen chickena foolhardy competition; a dangerous activity that is continued until one competitor becomes afraid and stops cliffhangera contest whose outcome is uncertain up to the very end dogfighta fiercely disputed contest racea contest of speed tournament, tourneya sporting competition in which contestants play a series of games to decide the winner playoffany final competition to determine a championship series(sports) several contests played successively by the same teams field triala contest between gun dogs to determine their proficiency in pointing and retrieving matcha formal contest in which two or more persons or teams compete tournamenta series of jousts between knights contesting for a prize raceany competition spelldown, spelling bee, spelling contesta contest in which you are eliminated if you fail to spell a word correctly trial(sports) a preliminary competition to determine qualifications away game, road gamea game played away from home home gamea game played at home exhibition game, practice gamea game whose outcome is not recorded in the season's standing nightcapthe final game of a double header double feature, doubleheader, twin billtwo games instead of one (especially in baseball when the same two teams play two games on the same day) playoff gameone game in the series of games constituting a playoff cup tiean eliminating game between teams in a cup competition decathlonan athletic contest consisting of ten different events Olympiad, Olympic Games, Olympicsthe modern revival of the ancient games held once every 4 years in a selected country Special Olympicsan athletic contest modeled after the Olympic Games but intended for mentally or physically handicapped persons prelim, preliminarya minor match preceding the main event pentathlonan athletic contest consisting of five different events auto race, automobile race, car racea race between (usually high-performance) automobiles bicycle racea race between people riding bicycles boat racea race between people rowing or driving boats burnupa high-speed motorcycle race on a public road chariot racea race between ancient chariots dog racinga race between dogs; usually an occasion for betting on the outcome foot race, footrace, runa race run on foot freestylea race (as in swimming) in which each contestant has a free choice of the style to use cross countrya long race run over open country heata preliminary race in which the winner advances to a more important race horse racea contest of speed between horses; usually held for the purpose of betting potato racea novelty race in which competitors move potatoes from one place to another one at a time sack racea novelty race in which competitors jump ahead with their feet confined in a sack scratch racea race in which all contestants start from scratch (on equal terms) ski race, skiing racea race between people wearing skis relay, relay racea race between teams; each member runs or swims part of the distance repechagea race (especially in rowing) in which runners-up in the eliminating heats compete for a place in the final race World Cupa soccer tournament held every four years between national soccer teams to determine a world champion elimination tournamenta tournament in which losers are eliminated in successive rounds opena tournament in which both professionals and amateurs may play home standa series of successive games played at a team's home field or court World Seriesseries that constitutes the playoff for the baseball championship boxing matcha match between boxers; usually held in a boxing ring chess matcha match between chess players cockfighta match in a cockpit between two fighting cocks heeled with metal gaffs cricket matcha match between two cricket teams diving, diving eventan athletic competition that involves diving into water field eventa competition that takes place on a field rather than on a running track finalthe final match between the winners of all previous matches in an elimination tournament quarterfinalone of the four competitions in an elimination tournament whose winners go on to play in the semifinals semi, semifinalone of the two competitions in the next to the last round of an elimination tournament round robina tournament in which every contestant plays every other contestant meet, sports meetinga meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held swimming eventan athletic competition that involves swimming tennis matcha match between tennis players match game, matched game, test matchan international championship match wrestling matcha match between wrestlers hop-step-and-jump, triple jumpan athletic contest in which a competitor must perform successively a hop and a step and a jump in continuous movement tug-of-wara contest in which teams pull of opposite ends of a rope; the team dragged across a central line loses arms racea competition between nations to have the most powerful armaments campaign, political campaign, runa race between candidates for elective office social event an event characteristic of persons forming groups 4n the contestant you hope to defeat he wanted to know what the competition was doing Syn|Hypo|Hyper challenger, competitor, contender, rival champ, champion, title-holder someone who has won first place in a competition comersomeone with a promising future finalista contestant who reaches the final stages of a competition enemy, foea personal enemy favorite, favourite, front-runnera competitor thought likely to win king, queen, world-beatera competitor who holds a preeminent position runner-up, second bestthe competitor who finishes second scratcha competitor who has withdrawn from competition semifinalistone of four competitors remaining in a tournament by elimination street fightera contestant who is very aggressive and willing to use underhand methods tierany one of two or more competitors who tie one another tiltersomeone who engages in a tilt or joust mortal enemyan enemy who wants to kill you record-breaker, record-holdersomeone who breaks a record contestant a person who participates in competitions |
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