competitor

Word family noun competition competitor competitiveness adjective competitive ≠ uncompetitive competing verb compete adverb competitively

com·pet·i·tor /kəmˈpetɪtə $ -ər/ noun [countableC]

1 COMPETE WITH/TRY TO BEATa person, team, company etc that is competing with another 竞争者

Last year they sold twice as many computers as their competitors.

去年他们的计算机销量是竞争对手的两倍。

major/main competitors

The company’s four major competitors have nothing to rival the new product.

该公司的四家主要竞争对手拿不出东西来和这种新产品竞争。

2 COMPETITIONsomeone who takes part in a competition 选手，参赛者

Two of the competitors failed to turn up for the race.

两名赛跑选手未能上场比赛。

n COLLOCATIONS

adjectives

a major competitor

Japan soon became a major competitor in the electronics industry.

somebody's main/chief competitor

The company's main competitor is Vodafone.

somebody's closest competitor (also somebody's nearest competitor British EnglishBrE) (=someone's main competitor)

He had five times as many votes as his nearest competitor.

somebody's biggest competitor (=someone's main competitor, especially in business)

The company's biggest competitor is in financial trouble.

foreign/European/international etc competitors

America's electronics industry is keen to fight off foreign competitors.

a direct competitor (=competing directly with you)

He knew she was a successful businesswoman and a direct competitor.

a strong/serious competitor

In the global economy, China is emerging as a strong competitor.

a fierce competitor (=very strong)

He had prepared his daughter to be a fierce competitor.

a potential competitor (=a person, company etc that might compete with you)

A merger would also remove a potential competitor in the market.

Examples from the Corpus

competitor• All competitors in Phoenix, public and private, were using trucks that held 25 cubic yards of garbage.• On the other hand, coworkers can also be competitors.• But the company sees state regulatory rules shaping up unfavorably for it, as a would-be competitor for residential customers.• The airline had withstood the predatory pricing moves of its competitors, and overcome its early loss.• Their major competitors are IBM and Sun Microsystems.• The nearest competitor service was transport information and reservations, at 53%.• If we're going to succeed, we'll have to provide something that our competitors don't.• We are not prepared for it, whereas our competitors are.• Twenty-seven competitors from around the country will take part in Sunday's monster truck rally.• One of the competitors hurt her leg during the race.• Two of the competitors failed to show up for the race.• The competitors in the 100m sprint are being asked to take their places at the start.• The competitors tonight come from all over the world.• Each of these competitors has their eye on the £50,000 prize money.

major/main competitors• But Britain still has a huge gap to close on her major competitors.• It will now be using the services of Askews, formerly one of its main competitors.• Some of our major competitors actually forecast that they will exceed bar sales by the early 1990s.• How does the level of investment in this country compare with that of our major competitors?• The increase in manufacturing unit wage costs is at its lowest level since 1989 and is increasingly in line with Britain's main competitors.• Exports have increased by 66 percent since 1981, better than any of our six main competitors, it points out.• This led them into feeling that airlines and motor car manufacturers were their main competitors since they took passengers away.• The spearhead of their sales drive was cooking and water heating, in which their major competitors were the gas boards.

From Longman Business Dictionary

competitorcom·pet·i·tor /kəmˈpetətə-ər/ noun [countableC]COMMERCE

a person, product, company, country etc that is competing with another

people who have tried our product or its direct competitor

Britain has had higher long-term interest rates than most of its major competitors.

单词	competitor
释义	competitor Word family noun competition competitor competitiveness adjective competitive ≠ uncompetitive competing verb compete adverb competitively com·pet·i·tor /kəmˈpetɪtə $ -ər/ ●●○ noun [countableC] 1 COMPETE WITH/TRY TO BEATa person, team, company etc that is competing with another 竞争者 Last year they sold twice as many computers as their competitors. 去年他们的计算机销量是竞争对手的两倍。 major/main competitors The company’s four major competitors have nothing to rival the new product. 该公司的四家主要竞争对手拿不出东西来和这种新产品竞争。 2 COMPETITIONsomeone who takes part in a competition 选手，参赛者 Two of the competitors failed to turn up for the race. 两名赛跑选手未能上场比赛。 n COLLOCATIONS adjectives a major competitor Japan soon became a major competitor in the electronics industry. somebody's main/chief competitor The company's main competitor is Vodafone. somebody's closest competitor (also somebody's nearest competitor British EnglishBrE) (=someone's main competitor) He had five times as many votes as his nearest competitor. somebody's biggest competitor (=someone's main competitor, especially in business) The company's biggest competitor is in financial trouble. foreign/European/international etc competitors America's electronics industry is keen to fight off foreign competitors. a direct competitor (=competing directly with you) He knew she was a successful businesswoman and a direct competitor. a strong/serious competitor In the global economy, China is emerging as a strong competitor. a fierce competitor (=very strong) He had prepared his daughter to be a fierce competitor. a potential competitor (=a person, company etc that might compete with you) A merger would also remove a potential competitor in the market. Examples from the Corpus competitor• All competitors in Phoenix, public and private, were using trucks that held 25 cubic yards of garbage.• On the other hand, coworkers can also be competitors.• But the company sees state regulatory rules shaping up unfavorably for it, as a would-be competitor for residential customers.• The airline had withstood the predatory pricing moves of its competitors, and overcome its early loss.• Their major competitors are IBM and Sun Microsystems.• The nearest competitor service was transport information and reservations, at 53%.• If we're going to succeed, we'll have to provide something that our competitors don't.• We are not prepared for it, whereas our competitors are.• Twenty-seven competitors from around the country will take part in Sunday's monster truck rally.• One of the competitors hurt her leg during the race.• Two of the competitors failed to show up for the race.• The competitors in the 100m sprint are being asked to take their places at the start.• The competitors tonight come from all over the world.• Each of these competitors has their eye on the £50,000 prize money. major/main competitors• But Britain still has a huge gap to close on her major competitors.• It will now be using the services of Askews, formerly one of its main competitors.• Some of our major competitors actually forecast that they will exceed bar sales by the early 1990s.• How does the level of investment in this country compare with that of our major competitors?• The increase in manufacturing unit wage costs is at its lowest level since 1989 and is increasingly in line with Britain's main competitors.• Exports have increased by 66 percent since 1981, better than any of our six main competitors, it points out.• This led them into feeling that airlines and motor car manufacturers were their main competitors since they took passengers away.• The spearhead of their sales drive was cooking and water heating, in which their major competitors were the gas boards. From Longman Business Dictionary competitorcom·pet·i·tor /kəmˈpetətə-ər/ noun [countableC]COMMERCE a person, product, company, country etc that is competing with another people who have tried our product or its direct competitor Britain has had higher long-term interest rates than most of its major competitors.
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