英语词汇“rival”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	rival
释义	ri·val I. \ˈrīvəl\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle French or Latin; Middle French, from Latin rivalis one having water rights to the same stream as another, rival in love, from rivalis, adjective, of a brook or stream, from rivus brook, stream + -alis -al — more at rise 1. a. : one of two or more striving for what only one can possess < rivals for the throne > b. : one striving for competitive advantage < rivals in business > 2. obsolete : associate, companion < the rivals of my watch — Shakespeare > 3. : one that equals another in the possession of desired qualities or aptitudes : peer < was easily Carson's rival as a pistol shot — Willa Cather > < a cathedral that is the rival of any in Christendom > II. adjective : having the same pretensions or claims : competing, contesting < problem of the rival claims of sense and reason — Benjamin Farrington > < a world where rival propagandists are perpetually blazing falsehoods at us — Bertrand Russell > < tried to make myself persona grata to rival factions — V.G.Heiser > < rival labor unions > III. verb (rivaled or rivalled ; rivaled or rivalled ; rivaling or rivalling \-v(ə)liŋ\ ; rivals) *intransitive verb* : to act as a rival : compete < friends rivaling in good deeds > *transitive verb* 1. : to be in competition with : strive to gain some object in opposition to 2. : to strive to equal or excel : emulate 3. : to possess qualities or aptitudes that equal (those of another) < such ancient glass as we have in our parish churches rivals any in the world — Ivor Bulmer-Thomas > < growing rich in a boom that rivaled the Yukon gold rush — American Guide Series: Michigan > Synonyms: see match
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