rivalry

英 [ˈraɪvlri]

美 [ˈraɪvlri]

n.  竞争; 竞赛; 较量

复数：rivalries　

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牛津词典

noun

• 竞争；竞赛；较量
  a state in which two people, companies, etc. are competing for the same thing
  1. a fierce rivalry for world supremacy
     夺取世界霸权的激烈竞争
  2. There is a certain amount of friendly rivalry between the teams.
     两队间有某种程度上的友好较量。
  3. political rivalries
     政治对抗
  4. sibling rivalry (= between brothers and sisters)
     兄弟姐妹间的较劲

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 竞争;敌对
  Rivalryis competition or fighting between people, businesses, or organizations who are in the same area or want the same things.
  1. ...the rivalry between the Inkatha and the ANC...
     英卡塔自由党和非洲国民大会之间的敌对
  2. He had a lot of rivalry with his brothers and sisters.
     他和兄弟姐妹间经常较劲。
  3. ...a city torn by deep ethnic rivalries.
     被深厚的种族仇恨弄得四分五裂的城市

英英释义

noun

• the act of competing as for profit or a prize
  1. the teams were in fierce contention for first place
  Synonym:competitioncontention

双语例句

• Research in multimarket competition suggests that firms competing in many markets may influence interfirm rivalry.
  多市场竞争研究表明，不同公司在许多市场展开竞争会影响公司间的竞争。
• Simply put, their rivalry transcends time, distance, and culture.
  简而言之，原因是它们的角逐超越了时间、距离与文化。
• THE relationship between England and France has been marked by fear and rivalry since the Norman conquest in1066.
  自1066年“诺曼征服（指1066年法国诺曼底公爵威廉对英格兰的入侵和征服-译者注）”以来，英格兰与法兰西的关系以恐惧与敌对并存为特征。
• Cultural pluralism, critics contend, promotes rivalry and divisions.
  批评家们主张多元文化主义促进竞争和分裂。
• Officials anticipate that rivalry between leaders of the various drug factions could erupt into full scale war.
  官员们预计各个毒品团伙头目之间的对抗可能会引发一场全面的冲突。
• He attributed the decline primarily to miscalculation of demand growth in China and to intense rivalry.
  他认为，造成这种现象的主要原因是日本厂商错误估计了中国市场的需求增速和竞争的激烈程度。
• Rivalry with China has stirred a debate about resource protectionism in India.
  与中国的竞争，在印度引发了一场关于资源保护主义的辩论。
• It is noticeable that women do not have the rivalry that men have
  显而易见，女性不像男人们那样好勇斗狠。
• One of the sub-plots of this action-packed thriller involves the rivalry between Artest and Bryant.
  这部动作惊悚片其中的一个次要情节包含了阿泰斯特和科比之间的对抗。
• It is the inevitable rivalry between an incumbent superpower and a rapidly rising one.
  其根源在于一个现任超级大国与另一个快速崛起的超级大国间不可避免的竞争。