| 单词 | competitive |
| 释义 | competitive (once / 591 pages) adj If you're competitive, you want to be the best. No one likes to lose, but if you are a competitive person, it will be especially disappointing to see someone else win. People who are competitive like to compete — to find out who knows the most, runs the fastest, can eat the most hot dogs, and so on. Some people are competitive about everything. You'll know them by their constant comparing themselves to others and trying to find out what others have and do — in order to be sure they are still "ahead." Competitive can describe any contest, like a competitive sandcastle-building event. WORD FAMILYcompetitive: competitively, competitiveness, noncompetitive, uncompetitive+/compete: competed, competes, competing, competition, competitive, competitor/competition: competitions/competitor: competitors/noncompetitive: noncompetitively/uncompetitive: uncompetitively USAGE EXAMPLES“But inside, it’s a whole world unto itself, and super competitive.” New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) The competitive system started small but was expanded to include the entire state in 2016. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) What Walton also created was a competitive situation that served the Lakers very well early in the game. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1adj involving competition or competitiveness competitive games to improve one's competitive position Syn|Ant competitory agonistic, agonistical, combative striving to overcome in argument emulous, rivalrouseager to surpass others matchedprovided with a worthy adversary or competitor noncompetitive not involving competition or competitiveness accommodative, cooperativewilling to adjust to differences in order to obtain agreement monopolistichaving exclusive control over a commercial activity by possession or legal grant uncompetitivenot inclined to compete 2adj subscribing to capitalistic competition Syn free-enterprise, private-enterprise capitalist, capitalistic favoring or practicing capitalism 3adj showing a fighting disposition highly competitive sales representative Syn militant aggressive having or showing determination and energetic pursuit of your ends |
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