n (1)竞争)对手(person，organization，team，etc that compete with another for the same object or in the same field)[C][N(for/in)]：be～s for the first place in the class/the title of champion/the job 是争班上第一名/冠军/那份工作的对手;be～s in trade/a competition行业上/竞赛中的竞争对手;a～in sport/the ring/love/circulation 体育运动中/拳台上/情场上/发行业的竞争对手;have no～s in the field of... 在……领域里没有竞争者;business/trade～s 商业/行业竞争对手;a defeated/beaten～ 被击败/被击败的对手; a powerful/worthy～ 强/劲敌;a pianist/dictionary/performance without a～无以伦比的钢琴家/词典/节目;There was no～to Shakespeare as a tragic dramatist in Elizabethan age. 在伊丽莎白时代，作为悲剧作家，没人能与莎士比亚匹敌。～companies/firms/suitors 互相竞争的公司/商行/求婚者;〖同〗competitor，equal;〖反〗friend，helper;

vt 与……竞争(相比)(compete with;match in excellence) [T+n，T+n+prep(for/in)]：～each other for the championship/in beautiful window displays 为争夺冠军/美化橱窗陈列而相互竞争;The girl's talents～her beauty. 那姑娘才貌兼备。～sb in one's skill as a chess-player 作为棋手，自己的棋艺可与某人抗衡;Buses can't～cars for speed. 公共汽车的速度不能与小汽车的速度相比。Volleyball can't～rugby for/in excitement. 排球不如橄榄球有刺激。〖同〗 compete with，match;〖反〗help，support，aid;

→′rivalry n 竞争(赛);对抗;较量;

【辨异】rival与opponent的区别见OPPONENT。