ri·val
noun/ˈraɪvl/
/ˈraɪvl/
- a person, company or thing that competes with another in sport, business, etc.
竞争对手 - The two teams have always been rivals.
这两个队一直是竞争对手。 - Marlowe was Shakespeare's main rival at the beginning of his career.
马洛是莎士比亚事业初期的主要对手。 - the company's nearest/closest rival in the business
公司在业务上的最大对手 - The two men were bitter rivals throughout their careers.
这两个人在他们的职业生涯中一直是死敌。 - This latest design has no rivals (= it is easily the best design available).
这种最新款式独领风骚。 - rival for something She has no rivals for the job.
没有人跟她竞争这个职位。 - rival to somebody/something Grand it may be, but this cathedral is no rival to the great cathedral of Amiens.
这座大教堂虽然宏伟，但跟亚眠大教堂没法比。
Extra Examples- The Japanese are our biggest economic rivals.
日本人是我们最大的经济竞争对手。 - He eliminated his rivals with brutal efficiency.
他残忍而又利落地消灭了自己的对手。 - She is now regarded as the greatest potential rival to Hu.
她现在被认为是胡最大的潜在对手。 - The business needed to revive profits and compete with new rivals.
这个企业需要恢复利润并且与新对手竞争。 - The company faces big rivals in Europe and Asia.
该公司在欧洲和亚洲都要面对强劲的竞争对手。 - The company is well equipped to compete with its international rivals.
这个公司条件优越，足以和国际对手竞争。 - They were rivals for her love.
为得到她的爱他们成了情敌。 - They wind up as romantic rivals for the same woman.
他们最后因为追求同一个女人而成为情敌。 - They're old political rivals.
他们是政坛上的老对手。 - Those two have been friendly rivals since they first met.
那两人从第一次见面就成了友好的对手。 - In France and England, a new king often had to fight rivals for the succession to the throne.
在法国和英国，新国王经常不得不与竞争对手争夺王位继承权。 - Their friendship ended when the two men became rivals for the same woman.
当两个男人成为同一个女人的竞争对手时，他们的友谊结束了。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- bitter
- close
- deadly
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- have
- face
- beat
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- candidate
- clan
- faction
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- rival for
- rival in
- rival to
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Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Latin rivalis, originally in the sense ‘person using the same stream as another’, from rivus ‘stream’. - The two teams have always been rivals.