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N-COUNT
競爭者;對手;敵手
Your rival is a person, business, or organization who you are competing or fighting against in the same area or for the same things.
例句
The world champion finished more than two seconds ahead of his nearest rival...
世界冠軍領(lǐng)先第二名2秒多鐘到達終點。
He eliminated his rivals in a brutal struggle for power...
他在一場殘酷的權(quán)力爭斗中將對手一一鏟除。
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沒有敵手;獨一無二;無人能及
If you say that someone or something has no rivals or is without rival, you mean that it is best of its type.
例句
...a wonderfully fragrant wine which has no rivals in the Rhone...
在羅納河地區(qū)獨一無二的無比香醇的葡萄酒
He is a pastry chef without rival.
他是最好的面點師。
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VERB
能與…媲美;與…匹敵;與…不分高低
If you say that one thing rivals another, you mean that they are both of the same standard or quality.
例句
Cassette recorders cannot rival the sound quality of CDs...
卡式磁帶錄音機的音質(zhì)無法和CD相媲美。
An epidemic to rival that which killed 26,000 in 1989 may hit the UK.
一種流行病可能會襲擊英國，其危害程度不亞于1989年導(dǎo)致26,000人喪生的疾病。