Competition
[kɒmpɪ'tɪʃ(ə)n] or [,kɑmpə'tɪʃən]
解釋/意思:
(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
解釋/意思:
(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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同義詞及近義詞：
n. Rivalry, RIVALSHIP, emulation, contest (for the same object).
整理:丽纳
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Rivalry, emulation, race, two_of_a_trade
ANT:Association, colleagueship, alliance, jointstock, copartnership, confederation
整理:奥利维亚
例句/造句/用法:
- 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. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- 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. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- So there can be no competition or perplexity between you and me. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- He spent a fortune, but his patents were not renewed, and competition was thrown wide open. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- 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). 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- It is not a competition in deportment. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- It was not long before there were three hundred subscribers; but the very success of this device brought competition and improvement. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- 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. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- 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. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- Competition and survival were accepted as the basal facts of life. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- The competition, therefore, would everywhere be as great, and, consequently, the ordinary profit as low as possible. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- 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. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- My poverty will not bear competition with their money. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- 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. 十九世紀發明進展.
- Competition in the field did not, however, cease. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- 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. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
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