Competition
[kɒmpɪ'tɪʃ(ə)n] or [,kɑmpə'tɪʃən]
解释:
(noun.) the act of competing as for profit or a prize; 'the teams were in fierce contention for first place'.
(noun.) a business relation in which two parties compete to gain customers; 'business competition can be fiendish at times'.
手打:索菲--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) The act of seeking, or endeavoring to gain, what another is endeavoring to gain at the same time; common strife for the same objects; strife for superiority; emulous contest; rivalry, as for approbation, for a prize, or as where two or more persons are engaged in the same business and each seeking patronage; -- followed by for before the object sought, and with before the person or thing competed with.
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同义词及近义词：
n. Rivalry, RIVALSHIP, emulation, contest (for the same object).
整理:丽纳
同义词及反义词：
SYN:Rivalry, emulation, race, two_of_a_trade
ANT:Association, colleagueship, alliance, jointstock, copartnership, confederation
整理:奥利维亚
例句:
- The shrewd prophecy is made that gas will be manufactured less for lighting, as the result of electrical competition, and more and more for heating, etc. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- Competition with a rival was what inspired him with most passion and energy, he said, and nothing on earth made him half so much in love. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
- So there can be no competition or perplexity between you and me. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
- He spent a fortune, but his patents were not renewed, and competition was thrown wide open. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
- Closely related to the constitution and just as decadent to-day are the Sanctity of Private Property, Vested Rights, Competition the Life of Trade, Prosperity (at any cost). 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- It is not a competition in deportment. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- It was not long before there were three hundred subscribers; but the very success of this device brought competition and improvement. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- But when I looked at my purchase, at home, where no glittering blades came into competition with it, I was astonished to see how handsome it was. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- The Western Union bestirred itself at this sign of competition, and had shortly formed the American Speaking-Telephone Company, with a staff of inventors that included Edison. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
- Competition and survival were accepted as the basal facts of life. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- The competition, therefore, would everywhere be as great, and, consequently, the ordinary profit as low as possible. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- Marriage licences and small probates were what we all looked for, and what paid us best; and the competition for these ran very high indeed. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- My poverty will not bear competition with their money. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- It was, however, for some reason laid aside till 1851, when it was reorganized and put in service at the World’s Fair in London in competition with the American machines. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- Competition in the field did not, however, cease. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- That meeting was followed by others in all parts of the United States, and competitions for height and city-to-city flights became matters of weekly occurrence. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
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