competition

英 [ˌkɒmpə'tɪʃn] 美 [ˌkɑːmpə'tɪʃn]

• n. 竞争；比赛

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C]比赛

   event in which people compete; contest

2. [U]竞争

   competing; activity in which people compete

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 竞争，角逐，争夺
2. 比赛，竞赛，赛会
3. 比赛对手，竞争者
4. 对抗，挑战
5. 【生】生存竞争
6. 竞相出现
7. 正式参加有组织的（体育）运动

英英释义

Noun:

1. a business relation in which two parties compete to gain customers;

   "business competition can be fiendish at times"
   

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

3. the act of competing as for profit or a prize;

   "the teams were in fierce contention for first place"
   

4. the contestant you hope to defeat;

   "he had respect for his rivals"
   "he wanted to know what the competition was doing"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. Everyone in modern society faces keen competitions.
   现代社会的每个人都面临着激烈的竞争。
2. To our satisfaction, he had got the first prize in the diving competition.
   我们满意的是,他在跳水比赛中获得了一等奖。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. There will be a chess competition next week.
   下个星期有一场国际象棋比赛。
2. 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。
3. She had a chance to see the competition before the interview.
   在面试前她有机会见到竞争对手。

经典引文

• Opening all objects of ambition..to general competition.

  出自： J. S. Mill

• Ice-cream vans..playing different tunes in furious competition.

  出自： J. Raban

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• avoid competition 避免竞争
• begin a competition 开始比赛
• carry on competition 进行竞争
• enter a competition 参加竞赛
• face competition 面临竞争
• hold〔stage〕 a competition 举行比赛
• lose a competition 比赛失败,在竞争中失败
• meet competition 向竞争应战,遇到对手
• promote competition 促进竞争
• stand in competition with sb 与某人竞争
• stop a competition 停止比赛
• win a competition 赢得比赛

形容词+～

• bitter〔keen, severe, sharp, strong〕 competition 激烈的竞争
• commercial competition 商业竞争
• fair competition 公平的竞争
• free competition 自由竞争
• friendly competition 友谊赛
• international competition 国际竞争
• open competition 公开赛
• unfair competition 不公正的竞争

名词+～

• boxing competition 拳击比赛
• chess competition 棋类比赛
• football competition 足球比赛
• music competition 音乐比赛
• tennis competition 网球竞赛
• trade competition 贸易竞争
• world competition 世界性竞争

介词+～

• in competition 比赛中,在竞争中
• sharpness of competition 竞争的激烈性

～+介词

• competition among〔between〕… 之间的竞争
• competition among several firms 几家公司之间的竞争
• competition between the two parties 两党间的竞争
• competition for 为…而竞争,…比赛
• competition for the championship 锦标赛
• competition for control of the market 为控制市场而竞争
• competition from abroad 来自国外的竞争
• competition in the world market 世界市场的竞争
• competition with 与…竞争
• competition with other countries 与其他国家的竞争
• competition within the industry 工业内部的竞争

词义辨析

n. (名词)

competition, contest, emulation, race

• 这组词的共同意思是“竞赛,竞争”。其区别在于：
• 1.race可用在大选中的竞争。
• 2.competition指在某项目或某次比赛中与对手所进行的“较量与竞争”,也可指“竞争的对手”。例如:
• Competition between business firms keeps prices down.商业公司之间的竞争使价格下降。
• At the Olympic Games our representatives were in competition with the best swimmers from all parts of the world.我们的代表队在奥运会上与世界各地的最佳游泳选手角逐。
• 3.emulation意为“竞赛”,多指抽象的竞争,指在相互仿效的情况下,形成赶超局面,以努力取胜的竞争。例如:
• The workers in this factory work hard in emulation of the workers in other factories.这工厂的工人努力工作以赶超其他厂的工人。
• The young man worked hard in emulation of his famous father.这位年轻人努力工作,要迎头赶上他出名的父亲。
• 4.contest多用于有评判委员会的“比赛”。例如:
• The newspaper is now running an enormous scenario contest.这家报纸正在举办大型电影剧本创作竞赛。
• He won the contest for the deputy leadership.他在副手竞争中获胜。

competition，contest，match

• 这些名词均有“比赛，竞争”之意。
• competition多指体育运动中的各项比赛、角逐，也指知识、技巧等方面的竞赛。
• contest多指在音乐、书法、演讲等方面所进行的比赛或竞争。其结果，由评判委员会裁决。
• match通常指体育运动项目的比赛，隐含势均力敌意味。

词源解说

• ☆ 1608年进入英语，直接源自拉丁语的competitionem，意为协定，对立。

近反义词

【近义词】

• contention
• contest
• struggle

【反义词】

• cooperation
• helper
• partner