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rival

/rahy-vuhl/US // ˈraɪ vəl //UK // (ˈraɪvəl) //

竞争对手,竞争者,对手,匹敌

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person who is competing for the same object or goal as another, or who tries to equal or outdo another; competitor.
    • : a person or thing that is in a position to dispute another's preeminence or superiority: a stadium without a rival.
    • : Obsolete. a companion in duty.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : competing or standing in rivalry: rival suitors; rival businesses.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    ri·valed, ri·val·ing or ri·valled, ri·val·ling.

    • : to compete with in rivalry; strive to win from, equal, or outdo.
    • : to prove to be a worthy rival of: He soon rivaled the others in skill.
    • : to equal as if in carrying on a rivalry: The Hudson rivals any European river in beauty.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    ri·valed, ri·val·ing or ri·valled, ri·val·ling.

    • : to engage in rivalry; compete.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verboppose; be a match for
Forms: rivaled, rivals

Examples

  • In some cases, companies have alerted Cfius to a rival’s connections with foreign investors, said startup executives and lawyers.

  • Heading into Friday night, no division leader enjoys more than a one-point cushion over its nearest rival and the fifth-place team in each division is no more than one point out of a potential playoff spot.

  • It called on scientists and researchers from around the world, including collaborations between rival countries in the middle of the Cold War.

  • Residents under 40 continued to drive the bulk of the infections, and those above 70 still accounted for the vast majority of deaths — an average of 58 a day in December, which rivaled May as the deadliest month.

  • Still, it’s striking that South Dakota, a relatively rural state, has death and illness rates that rival the numbers of much more densely populated states.

  • “The US cannot tolerate the idea of any rival economic entity,” Stone writes.

  • Launched just 13 years ago, it quickly became a serious rival to MAS and a rising juggernaut in Asia.

  • Assad-affiliated Christian militias skirt around the territory of rival groups aligned with the YPG.

  • Abramson, biting her tongue, was widely portrayed in rival outlets as classily above the fray.

  • They unleashed a hail of bullets to rival the final scene in ‘Bonnie and Clyde.’

  • He could not tell what I meant by secrets of state, where an enemy or some rival nation were not in the case.

  • He and his friends obtained the lease, for thirty-one years, of a rival line, which turned out a great financial success.

  • Bonaparte already foresaw the day when France should lie at his feet; he instinctively divined in Bernadotte a possible rival.

  • But later the Marshal had bitter cause to repent these triumphs won over his rival.

  • Even Tim, so fine and big, had in this homely, lanky man a rival well worth watching.