词汇搭配
用作名词 (n.)
动词+～- defeat one's rival击败对手
- encounter a rival遇到一个对手
形容词+～- fallen rival被打败的竞争对手
- powerful rival强敌
～+名词介词+～～+介词- rival for对…的竞争对手
- a rival in love情敌
用作动词 (v.)
～+介词- rival for为…竞争
- rival each other in popularity互比声望高低
词组短语
同近义词辨析
rival, equal, match
这组词都有“相称，比得上，与……相比”的意思，其区别是：
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。
match指对手之间力量、强度、性能或利益等的较量或竞争。
enemy, opponent, rival, foe, competitor
这组词都有“对手，敌手”的意思，其区别是：
opponent最常用词，通常指在争论、辩论、竞选或竞赛以及其它各种矛盾冲突中站在对立面的“对手”或“敌手”。
rival指与某人目标一致而想赶上或超过他的人，匹敌者。
foe语气较强，多用于书面文字和诗歌中。指不仅敌对，而且很危险，怀有很深的敌意。
competitor指为同一目标或目的竞争者，一般无感情色彩。
contend, rival, contest, compete
这组词都有“竞争”的意思，其区别是：
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。
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。
contest指为争夺土地、阵地、权力或荣誉等而展开的竞争。
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。
rival, compete
rival vt. vi. 比得上，堪与…..竞争；
compete vi （with/in）与……竞争
双语例句
用作名词(n.)
- He is hound out of his job by jealous rival.
他受到忌妒他的竞争者的算计而被迫离职。 - The party leader has been supplanted by his rival.
那位政党领导已被他的对手取而代之了。
用作形容词(adj.)
- He was utterly unscrupulous in his competition with rival firms.
他与对立公司竞争完全不讲道德。
用作动词(v.)
- Ships can't rival aircraft for speed.
轮船在速度方面无法与飞机匹敌。 - The poet Homer believed that no mortal could rival Zeus.
诗人荷马认为没有凡人能 与宙斯匹敌.
权威例句
New tumor suppressor may rival p53.Rival States, Rival Firms: Competition for World Market SharesRival Interpretations of Market Society: Civilizing, Destructive, or Feeble?Acetylation: a regulatory modification to rival phosphorylation?Aptamers: an emerging class of molecules that rival antibodies in diagnostics.The study of the European Union II: the ‘new governance’ agenda and its rivalTypes of synergy and economic value: The impact of acquisitions on merging and rival firmsSources of gains in horizontal mergers: evidence from customer, supplier, and rival firms ☆Conceptualization and operationalization of retail store image: A case of rival middle-level theoriesRadial versus femoral access for coronary angiography and intervention in patients with coronary syndromes (RIVAL)
