Rival
[ 'raivəl ]
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n. 对手;竞争者;
vt. 与…竞争;比得上某人;
vi. 竞争;
adj. 竞争的;
📝 例句
As an international financial center its only major rival is Wall Street.
作为国际金融中心，它唯一主要的对手是华尔街。
The classical law-of-nature doctrine found a rival in another doctrine.
古典自然法学遇到了另一种理论的挑战。
Beauty is jealous, and illy bears the presence of a rival. (Jefferson).
女容善妒,见敌己者则恶之。
He soon rivaled the others in skill.
他在技术上不久便与其他人匹敌。
His collection of stamps has few rivals in the world.
他搜集的邮票几乎举世无双。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ rival-对手,arrival-到来:竞争对手来了
※ riv-river河流,al-all全都:站在河边的人全都是我的竞争对手
※ r-拼音“人”,iv-罗马数字“4”,al-all所有的:所有这4个人都是竟争者
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
🔤 词根
-riv-表示“河流”
📖 牛津释义
rival
n
~ (for/in sth) person or thing competing with another 竞争或相比的人或事物
`business rivals 商业上的竞争对手
rivals in love 情敌 * a new rival for the title of champion 争夺冠军的新对手
[attrib 作定语]
a rival firm 竞争的商行
a violinist without rival, ie better than any other 无与伦比的小提琴家
She has no rival (ie no one is as good as she is) in the field of romantic fiction. 她写的浪漫小说谁也比不了. rival, v (-ll-; US also -l-) [Tn, Tn.pr]
~ sb/sth (for/in sth) seem or be as good as sb/sth; be comparable to sb/sth 堪与某人[某事物]竞争; 比得上某人[某事物]
a view rivalling anything the Alps can offer 可以与阿尔卑斯山的任何景物相媲美的景色
Cricket cannot rival football for/in excitement. 板球不如足球有刺激性.
🎯 考研助记
rival-river(河):住在河两端的人- 竞争者 网友：yqy补充： 源于: rive(v 撕开), 互相rive衣服的人－对手；记忆rive：河水（river）奔流而下，就像一把刀把大地撕开 网友：yqy补充： riv=river河,由"河"引申为"流动,跑,一起跑→竞争
🔁 扩展释义
*['raivl]n. 对手, 竞争者a. 竞争的【经】 竞争的; 竞争者相关词组: without a rival
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Yes, I'll be free. I'd like to go.
是的，有空。我想去。
Could you wait a few days for the money?
钱你能不能稍等几天？
He has asked to be introduced to the pianist.
他要求会见这位钢琴家。