| 单词 | rival |
| 释义 | rival —rivalless, adj. /ruy"veuhl/, n., adj., v., rivaled, rivaling or (esp. Brit.) rivalled, rivalling. n. 1. a person who is competing for the same object or goal as another, or who tries to equal or outdo another; competitor. 2. a person or thing that is in a position to dispute another's preeminence or superiority: a stadium without a rival. 3. Obs. a companion in duty. adj. 4. competing or standing in rivalry: rival suitors; rival businesses. v.t. 5. to compete with in rivalry: strive to win from, equal, or outdo. 6. to prove to be a worthy rival of: He soon rivaled the others in skill. 7. to equal (something) as if in carrying on a rivalry: The Hudson rivals any European river in beauty. v.i. 8. to engage in rivalry; compete. [1570-80; < L rivalis orig., one who uses a stream in common with another, equiv. to riv(us) stream + -alis -AL1] Syn. 1. contestant, emulator, antagonist. See opponent. 4. competitive, opposed. 5. oppose. 7. match, emulate. Ant. 1. ally. |
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