| 释义 |
rival/ˈraiv(ə)l/ n. & v.●n. 1 a person competing with another for the same objective 竞争者，对手 2 a person or thing that equals another in quality (品质或质量)可匹敌的(人或物) 3 (作 attrib.) being a rival or rivals 竞争的；对抗的 a rival firm 竞争公司 ●v. tr. (rivalled, rivalling; US [美] rivaled, rivaling) 1 be the rival of or comparable to 与…竞争；与…匹敌 2 seem or claim to be as good as 看上去(或声称)能比得上 [Latin rivalis, originally = using the same stream, from rivus ‘stream’] |