单词 | compete |
释义 | compete (once / 89 pages) v In sports you compete against the opposing team. At work you compete for a promotion. With siblings, you compete for everything. Compete means to vie for a goal. The urge to compete is universal and human, from kids who say "Race ya!," to great athletes who manage to achieve the impossible when faced with a worthy opponent. Some people are more inclined to compete than others. They are viewed as competitive and may be accused of turning everything into a competition. WORD FAMILYcompete: competed, competes, competing, competition, competitive, competitor+/competition: competitions/competitive: competitively, competitiveness, noncompetitive, uncompetitive/competitor: competitors/noncompetitive: noncompetitively/uncompetitive: uncompetitively USAGE EXAMPLESBeyond defining its scope, there are competing ideas about what a convention should tackle. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) But Smith left Beard with the ingredients needed to compete in the Big 12. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) The distinction between fact and fiction was erased, creating a sprawling universe of competing claims. New York Times(Dec 27, 2016) v compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others Syn|Hypo contend, vie go for, try for make an attempt at achieving something playparticipate in games or sport run offdecide (a contest or competition) by a runoff race, runcompete in a race rivalbe the rival of, be in competition with emulatecompete with successfully; approach or reach equality with equal, match, rival, touchbe equal to in quality or ability line uptake one's position before a kick-off curlplay the Scottish game of curling snookerleave one's opponent unable to take a direct shot revokefail to follow suit when able and required to do so developmove into a strategically more advantageous position developmove one's pieces into strategically more advantageous positions dieto be on base at the end of an inning, of a player misplayplay wrong or in an unskillful manner startplay in the starting lineup fumbledrop or juggle or fail to play cleanly a grounder volleymake a volley unblockplay the cards of (a suit) so that the last trick on which a hand can follow suit will be taken by a higher card in the hand of a partner who has the remaining cards of a combined holding replayplay again cricketplay cricket backstopact as a backstop fullbackplay the fullback quarterbackplay the quarterback cradlerun with the stick exitlose the lead play outplay to a finish fieldplay as a fielder catchbe the catcher bully off, face offstart a game by a face-off tee offstrike a ball from the teeing ground at the start of a hole aceplay (a hole) in one stroke showfinish third or better in a horse or dog race placefinish second or better in a horse or dog race boat-raceparticipate in a boat race horse-racecompete in a horse race campaign, runrun, stand, or compete for an office or a position complete, nailcomplete a pass outrival, outviebe more of a rival than gambleplay games for money walkgive a base on balls to bowlengage in the sport of bowling golfplay golf bandytoss or strike a ball back and forth foulcommit a foul; break the rules put outretire croquetplay a game in which players hit a wooden ball through a series of hoops putthit a putt speed skaterace on skates seesaw, teeter-totter, teetertotterride on a plank bid, callmake a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands |
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