| 单词 | compete |
| 释义 | compete —competer, n. —competingly, adv. /keuhm peet"/, v.i. , competed, competing. to strive to outdo another for acknowledgment, a prize, supremacy, profit, etc.; engage in a contest; vie: to compete in a race; to compete in business. [1610-20; < L competere to meet, coincide, be fitting, suffice (LL: seek, ask for), equiv. to com- COM- + petere to seek; LL and E sense influenced by COMPETITOR] Syn. struggle. COMPETE, CONTEND, CONTEST mean to strive to outdo or excel. COMPETE implies having a sense of rivalry and of striving to do one's best as well as to outdo another: to compete for a prize. CONTEND suggests opposition or disputing as well as rivalry: to contend with an opponent, against obstacles. CONTEST suggests struggling to gain or hold something, as well as contending or disputing: to contest a position or ground (in battle); to contest a decision. |
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