n.敵對；競爭；對抗

He was incited to achievement by rivalry. 競爭激勵他努力取得成就。

There is great rivalry between the two brothers. 這兩兄弟間有一場激烈的競爭。

There is cut-throat rivalry among the supermarkets. 這些超級市場之間的競爭可謂你死我活。

The rivalry between analysts and geometers grew very bitter. 分析學(xué)家與幾何學(xué)家之間的對抗非常激烈。

We all knew that at best we had shifted our rivalry to the diplomatic plane. 大家都心里明白，我們只不過把彼此間的對抗改變?yōu)橥饨徽勁辛T了。

rivalry的基本意思是指懷有超越或勝過對方的企圖而“競爭，對立，抗衡”。指競爭或?qū)α⒌臓顟B(tài)時是不可數(shù)名詞；指具體的競爭行為或?qū)剐袨闀r是可數(shù)名詞。

rivalry在句中除可用作主語、表語、賓語等外，還可修飾別的名詞作定語。

表示“…之間的競爭”可接介詞among或between,表示“和…的競爭”可接介詞with。