rival是什么意思_rival怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

be equal to in quality or ability;"Nothing can rival cotton for durability"
"Your performance doesn"t even touch that of your colleagues"
"Her persistence and ambition only matches that of her parents"

be the rival of, be in competition with;"we are rivaling for first place in the race"

中英词源

rival 竞争者

来自拉丁语 rivalis,邻居，对手，竞争者，来自 rivus,溪流，河谷，来自 PIE*reie,流动，流水，奔跑，词源同 run,Rhine.

rival: rival: [16] A rival is etymologically ‘someone who uses the same stream as another’. The word comes from Latin rīvālis, a noun use of an adjective meaning ‘of a stream’, derived from rīvus ‘stream’ (source of English derive). People who use or live by the same stream are neighbours and hence, human nature being as it is, are usually in competition with each other – hence rival.
=> derive
rival (n.): 1570s, from Latin rivalis "a rival, adversary in love; neighbor," originally, "of the same brook," from rivus "brook" (see rivulet). "One who is in pursuit of the same object as another." The sense evolution seems to be based on the competitiveness of neighbors: "one who uses the same stream," or "one on the opposite side of the stream" A secondary sense in Latin and sometimes in English was "associate, companion in duty," from the notion of "one having a common right or privilege with another." As an adjective 1580s from the noun.
rival (v.): c. 1600, from rival (n.). Related: Rivaled; rivaling.

词态变化

复数 rivals;
第三人称单数 rivals;
过去式 rivalled;
过去分词 rivalled;
现在分词 rivalling;

权威造句

1. 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。

2. The national tragedy of rival groups killing each other continued throughout 1990.: 敌对派别相互残杀的国家悲剧1990年全年都在上演。

3. 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。

4. 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。

5. 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。

近反义词

competitor

contestant

opponent

compete

contest

oppose

相似短语

rival in love 情敌

rival commodities 竞争品，竞争品，竞争商品，竞争商品

trade rival 商业上的竞争者

arch rival 主要竞争对手，劲敌

romantic rival 情敌

rival rally 抗议集会

rival supply 竟争供给

rival demand 竞争需求，竞争需求

rival firms 竞争公司，竞争公司

non rival consumption 非竞争性消费指当消费某种商品而同时又不会减少该商品对他人的供应时，这种商品的消费便是非竞争性消费。大部份公共财货的消费具有此一性质。例如电视台播放信号，一个人的接收并不会降低别人接受的可能性。

单词分析

这些动词均可表示“竞争”之意。
compete普通用词，含义广泛。既可指体育活动等活动中争取优胜的相互竞争，也可指为了自己的利益与他人竞争。
contend指为战胜或击败对手进行不懈努力，强调拼搏。也可指口头上进行有对立情绪或严重分歧的争论。
contest指为争夺土地、阵地、权力或荣誉等而展开的竞争。
rival指在两方或多方的竞争或比赛中，谁都想战胜或比得上对手。这些动词均含“相称，比得上，与……相比”之意。
match指对手之间力量、强度、性能或利益等的较量或竞争。
equal指在数量、价值或程度等方面已完全相等。
rival指某人或某物在和对手竞争中，在能力、质量等方面都能与之相匹敌，都能比得上。

记忆方法

1. 河流的两岸 => 对峙、敌手、对手 => 就像撕裂的东西而形成的对峙。
2. 同源：river, rival, rive, ...

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