Word · CEFR B2 · Frequency #3058
rival
对手；竞争者
核心释义
A person, team, or organization that competes with another for the same goal or prize.
- 1.
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。
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.
- 2.
你希望击败的对手
the contestant you hope to defeat
- 3.
与另一方有类似质量或声望的个人或事物。
Someone or something with similar claims of quality or distinction as another.
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
用法In use
In the final match, she defeated her rival with a stunning performance.
用法提示：这里 rival 作为名词，指代竞争中的对手。
The two companies have been fierce rivals in the smartphone market for years.
用法提示：这里 rivals 是 rival 的复数形式，作为名词，指多个对手。
He considers his older brother his biggest rival in everything they do.
用法提示：这里 rival 作为名词，指个人层面的竞争对手。
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。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配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
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
联想 river（河流），两岸的居民常成为 rival（对手）争夺资源。
语境与语域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）。
语法说明Grammar Note
可数名词，常与介词 for 或 in 连用。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
None of these words rhyme with 'rival'; they share the '-al' ending but have different stressed vowels.
高价值词汇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。
用法优先级Usage priority
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