rival[英][ˈraivəl，ˈraɪvl] [美][ˈraɪvəl，’raɪvḷ]

　　简明释义

　　n.对手;竞争者

　　vt.与……竞争;比得上某人

　　vi.竞争

　　adj.竞争的

　　复数：rivals第三人称单数：rivals过去式：rivaled/rivalled过去分词：rivaled/rivalled现在分词：rivaling/rivalling

　　易混淆的单词：RIVALRival

　　例句

　　Prime minister was supplanted by his rival.

　　首相被他的对手排挤掉了。

　　Are there rival causes?

　　是否有相竞争的原因?

　　When it became clear that mr winch was going to lose his chairmanship, his secretary turned a cat in pan and went off to a rival company.

　　当事态明朗，温奇先生就要失去董事长职位时，他的秘书背叛了他，跑到一个与他们竞争的公司里去了。

　　And its famous library soon gained a reputation to rival plato’s academy.

　　著名的图书馆很快赢得了声誉，可以跟柏拉图学院媲美。

　　Think about who your biggest rival is.

　　想想你最大的对手是谁。