competition

[.kɔmpi'tiʃən]

n.竞争, 比赛

n.

1. 竞争, 角逐[U][(+with/between/for)]

Competition among youths to enter the best colleges is intense.

年轻人想进一流大学的竞争是很激烈的。

2. 比赛, 竞赛; 赛会[C][+to-v]

I entered a chess competition and finished third.

我参加了象棋比赛名列第三。

3. (总称)竞争者; 比赛对手[U]

He's no competition for Henry.

他不是亨利的对手。

词形变化

动词过去式: competed | 动词过去分词: competed | 动词现在分词: competing | 动词第三人称单数: competes |

词义辨析

同义:

n.竞赛, 比赛

contest  game  match  tournament  race  fight  bout  championship  class  encounter  meet  engagement  trial

n.竞争

rivalry  emulation  contention

n.竞争者, 敌手

rival  challenger  competitor  opponent  contender  adversary  

同义参见:

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英英释义

名词 competition:

a business relation in which two parties compete to gain customers

an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants

同义词：contest

the act of competing as for profit or a prize

同义词：contention, rivalry

the contestant you hope to defeat

同义词：rival, challenger, competitor, contender

补充

competitioncompetition英:[ˌkɔmpiˈtiʃən] 美:[ˌkɑmpɪˈtɪʃən]n.1.比赛There will be a chess competition next week.下个星期有一场国际象棋比赛。2.竞争There is keen competition between the two motorcar firms.两家汽车公司之间存在着激烈的竞争。

例句

1. I entered one or two competitions and won prizes.我参加了一两项比赛并获了奖。 2. They qualified for the final stage of the competition.他们获得了进入最后一轮比赛的资格。 3. Italy were knocked out of the competition by Argentina.意大利队被阿根廷队淘汰出局。 4. He will be banned from international competition for four years.他会被禁赛四年, 期间不得参加国际比赛。 5. cut-throat competition between schools and further education establishments学校和继续教育机构之间你死我活的竞争 6. There was fierce international competition.国际竞争十分激烈。 7. competition between the industry players for fewer contracts has put pressure on prices and profit margins.业内各商家为争夺越来越少的合同而展开的竞争对价格和利润率造成了压力。 8. The rate of unemployment is high and competition for jobs is steep.失业率高, 就业竞争激烈。 9. They are in competition with each other.他们之间相互竞争。 10. Brighton's hopes of fighting off the competition have been boosted by their promotion to the first division.布莱顿队升级进入甲级队, 大大增强了打败竞争对手的希望。 11. The battle to stay ahead of the competition means that constant invention is vital.要在竞争中保持领先, 意味着必须不断进行发明创造。 12. I have to change my approach, the competition is too good now.我得改变策略, 现在的对手太强了。 13. heavy competition from factory outlets来自工厂直销店的激烈竞争 14. The American aerospace industry has been challenged by some stiff competition.美国航空航天业遭到了来自一些强劲竞争对手的挑战。 15. there is fierce competition between banks.银行之间有着激烈的竞争。 16. the competition for university places is greater than ever this year.今年大学职位的竞争比以往更激烈。 17. a beauty competition.选美比赛。 18. the team was banned from European competition.这支球队被禁止参加欧洲联赛。 19. I walked round to check out the competition.我四处走动，了解竞争对手的情况。 20. He came second in an international piano competition.他在一次国际钢琴比赛中夺得第二名。 21. If we are going to succeed, we must offer a better product than the competition.我们想要成功，就必须能够提供比竞争对手更好的产品。 22. The school fosters an atmosphere of competition rather than cooperation. [=it encourages students to compete against each other instead of work together]这所学校营造的是互相竞争而不是合作的氛围。 23. There will be intense/fierce competition for the top spots. [=many people will be trying to get the top spots]争夺冠亚军的竞争将会非常激烈。 24. These products are in competition with each other. [=these products are competing with each other]这些产品互相竞争。 25. Prices are lower when there is competition among/between the stores.商家之间竞争时价格就会较低。 26. The industry has been affected by competition from new technologies.这个行业受到了新技术竞争的影响。 27. We're up against some stiff/tough competition from our rivals.我们面临着来自对手的激烈竞争。 28. Downtown stores are looking for new ways to attract customers in the face of competition from the stores at the mall.面对大型购物中心内商店的竞争，市区商店正在寻找招揽顾客的新途径。 29. He sized up the competition. [=looked at who he was competing against]他打量了一下对手。 30. Don't let the competition know our trade secrets.不要让竞争对手知道我们的商业秘密。 31. "In my opinion, this restaurant has no competition."在我看来，没有哪家餐厅比得上这家。 32. They had/held/staged a competition to see who could sell the most lemonade.他们举办了一场比赛，看谁卖的柠檬水最多。 33. a gymnastics/dance/talent competition体操/舞蹈/才艺比赛 34. She won/lost the competition.她赢得/输掉了比赛。