com·pete
verb OPAL W
/kəmˈpiːt/
/kəmˈpiːt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they compete | /kəmˈpiːt/ /kəmˈpiːt/ |
| he / she / it competes | /kəmˈpiːts/ /kəmˈpiːts/ |
| past simple competed | /kəmˈpiːtɪd/ /kəmˈpiːtɪd/ |
| past participle competed | /kəmˈpiːtɪd/ /kəmˈpiːtɪd/ |
| -ing form competing | /kəmˈpiːtɪŋ/ /kəmˈpiːtɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] to take part in a contest or game
参加比赛（或竞赛） - The games were an outstanding success, with almost 2 400 athletes competing.
比赛取得了巨大成功，有近 2400 名运动员参赛。 - compete in something He's hoping to compete in the London marathon.
他期盼着参加伦敦马拉松比赛。 - Only 21 bodybuilders competed in the event.
只有 21 名健美运动员参加了这项赛事。 - compete against somebody They are competing against teams of full-time professional players.
他们正在与全职专业队伍比赛。 - compete for something He is expected to compete for the title of world champion next year.
明年他有望争夺世界冠军的头衔。
Wordfinder- athlete
- champion
- compete
- fixture
- match
- record
- spectator
- sport
- stadium
- tournament
Extra ExamplesTopics Sports: other sportsa2- He regularly competes in races.
他经常参加竞赛。 - They have what it takes to compete at the highest level of their sport.
他们有能力在运动的最高水平上竞争。 - He welcomed the chance to compete against professional athletes.
他很乐意有机会与职业运动员同台竞技。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- effectively
- successfully
- directly
- …
- cannot
- against
- for
- in
- …
- The games were an outstanding success, with almost 2 400 athletes competing.
- [intransitive] to try to be more successful or better than somebody else who is trying to do the same as you
竞争；对抗 - They simply cannot compete in the international market.
他们根本没有能力在国际市场上竞争。 - compete for something Several companies are competing for the contract.
为得到那项合同，几家公司正在竞争。 - Young children will usually compete for their mother's attention.
小孩子通常都会在母亲面前争宠。 - The result is more applicants competing for fewer jobs.
结果是更多的申请者竞争更少的工作。 - compete with somebody/something Small independent bookshops find it difficult to compete with the online stores.
小型独立书店很难和网店竞争。 - compete against somebody/something For too long UK shipyards have been competing against each other.
长期以来，英国造船厂一直在相互竞争。 - compete on something We can't compete with them on price.
我们在价格上无法与他们竞争。 - to compete on quality/cost
在质量/成本上竞争 - compete to do something There are too many magazines competing to attract readers.
竞相吸引读者的杂志太多了。
Extra ExamplesTopics Successb1, Businessb1- Small traders cannot compete in the face of cheap foreign imports.
面对廉价的外国进口产品，小贸易商无法竞争。 - The price must be right in order to compete internationally.
为了在国际上竞争，定价必须适当。 - The big companies are competing fiercely on price.
大公司在打激烈的价格战。 - The company is prepared to compete head-to-head with the market giants.
这家公司已准备好与市场上的大公司展开正面较量。 - Their products compete directly with ours.
他们的产品与我们的直接竞争。 - We have to compete with several larger companies.
我们要与几家大公司竞争。 - a readiness to compete actively in the global system
为在全球体系中积极竞争有所准备 - Colleges will have to compete to attract the best students.
各大学将不得不竞相吸引最优秀的学生。 - Several projects are competing against each other for scarce resources.
几个项目在互相竞争抢夺稀缺资源。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- effectively
- successfully
- directly
- …
- cannot
- against
- for
- in
- …
- They simply cannot compete in the international market.
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin competere, in its late sense ‘strive or contend for (something)’, from com- ‘together’ + petere ‘aim at, seek’.