Word · CEFR B2 · Frequency #3058
rival
对手；竞争者
A person, team, or organization that competes with another for the same goal or prize.
- 1.
A competitor (person, team, company, etc.) with the same goal as another, or striving to attain the same thing. Defeating a rival may be a primary or necessary goal of a competitor.
竞争者(个人、团队、公司等),与他人有相同目标或争取同一事物。击败对手可能是竞争者的主要或必要目标。
- 2.
the contestant you hope to defeat
你希望击败的对手
- 3.
Someone or something with similar claims of quality or distinction as another.
与另一方有类似质量或声望的个人或事物。
匹敌者；可与之相比的人（或物）；竞争者(个人、团队、公司等),与他人有相同目标或争取同一事物。击败对手可能是竞争者的主要或必要目标。；你希望击败的对手；与另一方有类似质量或声望的个人或事物。；对手
In use
In the final match, she defeated her rival with a stunning performance.
The two companies have been fierce rivals in the smartphone market for years.
He considers his older brother his biggest rival in everything they do.
he had respect for his rivals
a rival (to sb/sth)
常用结构，表示某物是另一物的竞争对手。
The new smartphone is a rival to the latest iPhone.
这款新智能手机是最新iPhone的对手。
rivals for sth
表示多个竞争者争夺同一目标。
The two companies are rivals for the contract.
这两家公司是这份合同的竞争对手。
Connections
Collocations
- arch rival
- 主要对手，头号劲敌
- The two tennis players have been arch rivals for years.这两位网球选手多年来一直是头号劲敌。
- bitter rival
- 死对头，激烈的对手
- Despite being bitter rivals, they showed mutual respect after the match.尽管是死对头，他们在赛后还是表现出相互尊重。
- fierce rival
- 激烈的竞争对手
- The two companies are fierce rivals in the smartphone market.这两家公司在智能手机市场是激烈的竞争对手。
- main rival
- 主要对手
- Her main rival for the gold medal is from China.她争夺金牌的主要对手来自中国。
- political rival
- 政治对手
- He often criticizes his political rival in public speeches.他经常在公开演讲中批评他的政治对手。
- close rival
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想 river（河流），两岸的居民常成为 rival（对手）争夺资源。
Context & Register
通常用于竞争性场景，如体育、商业或政治领域，语气中性（正式和非正式均可）。
Grammar Note
可数名词，常与介词 for 或 in 连用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
None of these words rhyme with 'rival'; they share the '-al' ending but have different stressed vowels.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 4，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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