rival

noun

1. 竞争对手
   a person, company, or thing that competes with another in sport, business, etc.
   1. The two teams have always been rivals.
      这两个队一直是竞争对手。
   2. The Japanese are our biggest economic rivals.
      日本人是我们最大的经济竞争对手。
   3. This latest design has no rivals (= it is easily the best design available) .
      这种最新款式独领风骚。

verb

1. 与…相匹敌；比得上
   to be as good, impressive, etc. as sb/sth else
   1. You will find scenery to rival anything you can see in the Alps.
      你能看到的景色可与你在阿尔卑斯山所见的任何景色相媲美。

in AM, use 美国英语用rivaling, rivaled


1. N-COUNT 竞争者;对手;敌手
   Your rival is a person, business, or organization who you are competing or fighting against in the same area or for the same things.
   1. The world champion finished more than two seconds ahead of his nearest rival...
      世界冠军领先第二名2秒多钟到达终点。
   2. He eliminated his rivals in a brutal struggle for power...
      他在一场残酷的权力争斗中将对手一一铲除。
   3. The police believe the fight was due to a dispute between rival teenage gangs.
      警察认为这场打斗是由两个敌对的青少年帮派之间的纠纷引起的。
2. N-COUNT 没有敌手;独一无二;无人能及
   If you say that someone or something has no rivals or is without rival, you mean that it is best of its type.
   1. ...a wonderfully fragrant wine which has no rivals in the Rhone...
      在罗纳河地区独一无二的无比香醇的葡萄酒
   2. He is a pastry chef without rival.
      他是最好的面点师。
3. VERB 能与…媲美;与…匹敌;与…不分高低
   If you say that one thing rivals another, you mean that they are both of the same standard or quality.
   1. Cassette recorders cannot rival the sound quality of CDs...
      卡式磁带录音机的音质无法和CD相媲美。
   2. An epidemic to rival that which killed 26,000 in 1989 may hit the UK.
      一种流行病可能会袭击英国，其危害程度不亚于1989年导致26,000人丧生的疾病。

1. If we are certain a rival will beat us out, we are wide open to jealousy.
   如果我们能够确定某个选手将打败我们，我们很容易心生妒忌。
2. New proposals have been put forward to break the deadlock among rival factions
   旨在结束各竞争派别之间僵持局面的新提案已被提交。
3. Rival claims to Macedonian territory caused conflict in the Balkans.
   多方主张拥有对马其顿的领土主权，结果在巴尔干地区引发了冲突。
4. Two rival laser surgery systems are undergoing clinical trials in the US.
   两个相互竞争的激光手术系统正在美国进行临床试验。
5. They agreed to form a council composed of leaders of the rival factions.
   他们同意成立一个由敌对派系的领袖组成的委员会。
6. Airtours conceded defeat in its attempt to take control of holiday industry rival Owners Abroad
   空中旅游公司承认其对度假服务行业竞争对手海外业主旅行社的控股企图以失败告终。
7. The 28-year-old striker was in court last week for breaking a rival player's jaw.
   那名28岁的前锋因造成对方一名球员下颌骨折，上周出庭受审。
8. That would make the competition between rival suppliers even deadlier.
   那将使得对立供应商之间的竞争更加你死我活。
9. The gunman had been hired by a rival Mafia family to do the dirty deed.
   一个敌对的黑手党家族雇用了那个枪手来实施这一卑劣行动。
10. Their smaller rival is battling to end their duopoly.
    规模更小的竞争对手正为结束他们的两强垄断局面而抗争着。
11. During the fight with a rival gang he lashed out with his flick knife
    在与敌对帮派的打斗中，他挥舞着弹簧折刀一通猛刺。
12. Police had to interpose themselves between the two rival groups
    警方不得不对这两个对立团体进行干预。
13. The rival political parties are already jockeying for power
    相互竞争的政党已经在耍各种手段争权夺势了。
14. Bank of America merged with a rival bank
    美国银行与一家竞争银行合并了。
15. He completed the lengthy course some three seconds faster than his nearest rival, Jonathon Ford
    他比劲敌乔纳森·福特少用了大概3秒钟完成了漫长的赛程。
16. Leaders of some rival factions signed a peace agreement last week
    上周，一些敌对派系领导人签订了和平协议。
17. Some believe this level of compensation is essentially a poison pill to put off any rival bidders.
    有些人认为这种程度的补偿实质上是阻止任何投标对手的“毒丸”防御。
18. The world champion finished more than two seconds ahead of his nearest rival
    世界冠军领先第二名2秒多钟到达终点。
19. He eliminated his rivals in a brutal struggle for power
    他在一场残酷的权力争斗中将对手一一铲除。
20. The police believe the fight was due to a dispute between rival teenage gangs.
    警察认为这场打斗是由两个敌对的青少年帮派之间的纠纷引起的。
21. He is a pastry chef without rival.
    他是最好的面点师。
22. Violent scuffles broke out between rival groups demonstrating for and against independence.
    支持和反对独立的两支游行队伍间爆发了激烈的冲突。
23. Police segregated the two rival camps of protesters
    警察把两个敌对阵营的抗议人群隔离开来。
24. He polled four times as many votes as his rival.
    他得到的选票数量是竞选对手的4倍。
25. No one could rival him in this respect.
    这方面无人能与他匹敌。
26. The ups and downs of the rival parties furnished subjects for two excellent cartoons.
    敌对两党之盛衰给两幅最优秀的漫画提供了题材。
27. He made several nasty insinuations about his rival.
    他几度对他的对手进行恶意的隐射。

  opponent competitor enemy foe rival【导航词义：对手】

  opponent n. 对手，敌手

〔辨析〕指在竞争、比赛、战斗、辩论等中的对手。

  competitor n. 对手，竞争者

〔辨析〕指参与竞争的人、队伍、公司等，尤指商业领域内的对手。

  enemy n. 敌人，敌手

〔辨析〕普通用词，指心怀仇恨并意图造成伤害的对手，可以是人或动物。

  foe n. 〈文〉仇敌，敌人

〔辨析〕多用于文学作品中，指敌意很深、危险性很大的对手。

  rival n. 对手，敌手

〔辨析〕指在赛场、情场、职场、生意场等中的竞争对手，可以是人、机构、物品等。

noun

1. the contestant you hope to defeat
   1. he had respect for his rivals
   2. he wanted to know what the competition was doing

   Synonym:    challengercompetitorcompetitioncontender

verb

1. be the rival of, be in competition with
   1. we are rivaling for first place in the race

2. be equal to in quality or ability
   1. Nothing can rival cotton for durability
   2. Your performance doesn't even touch that of your colleagues
   3. Her persistence and ambition only matches that of her parents

   Synonym:    equaltouchmatch