Emulation
[,emjʊ'leɪʃən] or [,ɛmjə'leʃən]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) effort to equal or surpass another.
(noun.) (computer science) technique of one machine obtaining the same results as another.
(noun.) ambition to equal or excel.
整理:桑娅--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The endeavor to equal or to excel another in qualities or actions; an assiduous striving to equal or excel another; rivalry.
(n.) Jea/ous rivalry; envy; envious contention.
埃尔维斯手打
同義詞及近義詞：
n. Rivalry, competition, desire to excel, desire of superiority.
克拉丽莎校對
例句/造句/用法:
- To midnight revelry, and the panting emulation of beauty, to costly dress and birth-day shew, to title and the gilded coronet, farewell! 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- Rivalship and emulation render excellency, even in mean professions, an object of ambition, and frequently occasion the very greatest exertions. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Emulation, that in its excess almost assumed the venomous properties of envy, gave a sting to these feelings. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- It was by this method, and not by emulation, that we were urged to application. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- Hence his admiration and his emulation of that shining enchanter. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- And as to ourselves, we need no longer have recourse to the late glorious stand of the French parliaments to excite our emulation. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- Imitation, emulation, the need of working together, enforce control. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- To be sure, my dear, that is very stupid indeed, and shows a great want of genius and emulation. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
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