Rival
[ 'raivəl ]
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n. 对手;竞争者;
vt. 与…竞争;比得上某人;
vi. 竞争;
adj. 竞争的;
📝 例句
As an international financial center its only major rival is Wall Street.
作为国际金融中心，它唯一主要的对手是华尔街。
The classical law-of-nature doctrine found a rival in another doctrine.
古典自然法学遇到了另一种理论的挑战。
Beauty is jealous, and illy bears the presence of a rival. (Jefferson).
女容善妒,见敌己者则恶之。
He soon rivaled the others in skill.
他在技术上不久便与其他人匹敌。
His collection of stamps has few rivals in the world.
他搜集的邮票几乎举世无双。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ rival-对手,arrival-到来:竞争对手来了
※ riv-river河流,al-all全都:站在河边的人全都是我的竞争对手
※ r-拼音“人”,iv-罗马数字“4”,al-all所有的:所有这4个人都是竟争者
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
🔤 词根
-riv-表示“河流”
📖 牛津释义
rival
n
~ (for/in sth) person or thing competing with another 竞争或相比的人或事物
`business rivals 商业上的竞争对手
rivals in love 情敌 * a new rival for the title of champion 争夺冠军的新对手
[attrib 作定语]
a rival firm 竞争的商行
a violinist without rival, ie better than any other 无与伦比的小提琴家
She has no rival (ie no one is as good as she is) in the field of romantic fiction. 她写的浪漫小说谁也比不了. rival, v (-ll-; US also -l-) [Tn, Tn.pr]
~ sb/sth (for/in sth) seem or be as good as sb/sth; be comparable to sb/sth 堪与某人[某事物]竞争; 比得上某人[某事物]
a view rivalling anything the Alps can offer 可以与阿尔卑斯山的任何景物相媲美的景色
Cricket cannot rival football for/in excitement. 板球不如足球有刺激性.
🎯 考研助记
rival-river(河):住在河两端的人- 竞争者 网友：yqy补充： 源于: rive(v 撕开), 互相rive衣服的人－对手；记忆rive：河水（river）奔流而下，就像一把刀把大地撕开 网友：yqy补充： riv=river河,由"河"引申为"流动,跑,一起跑→竞争
🔁 扩展释义
*['raivl]n. 对手, 竞争者a. 竞争的【经】 竞争的; 竞争者相关词组: without a rival
🌿 同词根单词
📖 同为「博士」词汇
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Don't worry about that. Right now you need to stay still until help comes.
别为这事担心。现在，在有人来之前，你必须要呆着不动。
I'm quite able to pay for this suit.
这套衣服我是完全能够买得起的。
You might both have been caught and killed!
你们俩可能给抓住杀了。