rival

/rahy-vuhl/US // ˈraɪ vəl //UK // (ˈraɪvəl) //

竞争对手,竞争者,对手,匹敌

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : a person who is competing for the same object or goal as another, or who tries to equal or outdo another; competitor.
- : a person or thing that is in a position to dispute another's preeminence or superiority: a stadium without a rival.
- : Obsolete. a companion in duty.

adj.形容词 adjective

v.有主动词 verb

1
ri·valed, ri·val·ing or ri·valled, ri·val·ling.
- : to compete with in rivalry; strive to win from, equal, or outdo.
- : to prove to be a worthy rival of: He soon rivaled the others in skill.

adj.opposing

Forms: rivaled, rivals

Synonyms

In some cases, companies have alerted Cfius to a rival’s connections with foreign investors, said startup executives and lawyers.
Heading into Friday night, no division leader enjoys more than a one-point cushion over its nearest rival and the fifth-place team in each division is no more than one point out of a potential playoff spot.
It called on scientists and researchers from around the world, including collaborations between rival countries in the middle of the Cold War.
Residents under 40 continued to drive the bulk of the infections, and those above 70 still accounted for the vast majority of deaths — an average of 58 a day in December, which rivaled May as the deadliest month.
Still, it’s striking that South Dakota, a relatively rural state, has death and illness rates that rival the numbers of much more densely populated states.
“The US cannot tolerate the idea of any rival economic entity,” Stone writes.
Launched just 13 years ago, it quickly became a serious rival to MAS and a rising juggernaut in Asia.
Assad-affiliated Christian militias skirt around the territory of rival groups aligned with the YPG.
Abramson, biting her tongue, was widely portrayed in rival outlets as classily above the fray.
They unleashed a hail of bullets to rival the final scene in ‘Bonnie and Clyde.’
He could not tell what I meant by secrets of state, where an enemy or some nation were not in the case.

/rahy-vuhl/US // ˈraɪ vəl //UK // (ˈraɪvəl) //

竞争对手,竞争者,对手,匹敌

n.名词 noun

1
- : a person who is competing for the same object or goal as another, or who tries to equal or outdo another; competitor.
- : a person or thing that is in a position to dispute another's preeminence or superiority: a stadium without a rival.
- : Obsolete. a companion in duty.

adj.形容词 adjective

v.有主动词 verb

1
ri·valed, ri·val·ing or ri·valled, ri·val·ling.
- : to compete with in rivalry; strive to win from, equal, or outdo.
- : to prove to be a worthy rival of: He soon rivaled the others in skill.

adj.opposing

Forms: rivaled, rivals

Synonyms

In some cases, companies have alerted Cfius to a rival’s connections with foreign investors, said startup executives and lawyers.
Heading into Friday night, no division leader enjoys more than a one-point cushion over its nearest rival and the fifth-place team in each division is no more than one point out of a potential playoff spot.
It called on scientists and researchers from around the world, including collaborations between rival countries in the middle of the Cold War.
Residents under 40 continued to drive the bulk of the infections, and those above 70 still accounted for the vast majority of deaths — an average of 58 a day in December, which rivaled May as the deadliest month.
Still, it’s striking that South Dakota, a relatively rural state, has death and illness rates that rival the numbers of much more densely populated states.
“The US cannot tolerate the idea of any rival economic entity,” Stone writes.
Launched just 13 years ago, it quickly became a serious rival to MAS and a rising juggernaut in Asia.
Assad-affiliated Christian militias skirt around the territory of rival groups aligned with the YPG.
Abramson, biting her tongue, was widely portrayed in rival outlets as classily above the fray.
They unleashed a hail of bullets to rival the final scene in ‘Bonnie and Clyde.’
He could not tell what I meant by secrets of state, where an enemy or some nation were not in the case.