compete
- vi.竞争;对抗;参加比赛(或竞赛)
过去式： competed 现在分词： competing 过去分词： competed 第三人称单数： competes
com- 共同,一起 + pet 追寻;寻求 + -e
competeverb
竞争；对抗
to try to be more successful or better than sb else who is trying to do the same as you
Several companies are competing for the contract.
为得到那项合同，几家公司正在竞争。
We can't compete with them on price.
我们在价格上无法与他们竞争。
Young children will usually compete for their mother's attention.
小孩子通常都会在母亲面前争宠。
Small traders cannot compete in the face of cheap foreign imports.
面对廉价的外国进口商品，经营规模小的商人无法与之抗衡。
参加比赛（或竞赛）
to take part in a contest or game
He's hoping to compete in the London marathon.
他期盼着参加伦敦马拉松比赛。
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V-RECIP 竞争
When one firm or country competes with another, it tries to get people to buy its own goods in preference to those of the other firm or country. You can also say that two firms or countries compete .The banks have long competed with American Express's charge cards and various store cards...
长久以来，这些银行一直在与美国运通公司的信用卡以及各式各样的商场赊购卡竞争。
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V-RECIP （与…）争夺（以获取）
If you compete with someone for something, you try to get it for yourself and stop the other person getting it. You can also say that two people compete for something.Kangaroos compete with sheep and cattle for sparse supplies of food and water...
袋鼠与牛羊争夺稀少的食物和水。
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VERB 参加(比赛)
If you compete in a contest or a game, you take part in it.He will be competing in the London-Calais-London race...
他将参加伦敦至加来的航海往返赛。
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The company is now well positioned to compete in foreign markets .
现在这家公司已准备好在国外市场竞争。
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Can our industry compete on equal terms with its overseas rivals ?
我们的工业能与海外对手以平等的地位竞争吗？
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The firm had to face some sharp practice from competing companies .
公司不得不面对竞争对手们的小动作。
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Several companies are competing for the contract .
为得到那项合同，几家公司正在竞争。
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Small traders cannot compete in the face of cheap foreign imports .
面对廉价的外国进口商品，经营规模小的商人无法与之抗衡。
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It remains true that sport is about competing well , not winning .
体育重在勇于竞争而非获胜，一向如此。
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The sport 's ruling body gave him dispensation to compete in national competitions .
体育运动管理机构特许他参加全国性的体育比赛。
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He 's hoping to compete in the London marathon .
他期盼着参加伦敦马拉松比赛。
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He 's a talented athlete who competes nationally and internationally .
他是一位有才华的运动员，既参加国内比赛，也参加国际比赛。
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They competed with skill and tenacity .
他们竞争靠的是技术和顽强意志。
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Marx produced a new theory about historical change based upon conflict between competing groups
马克思创立了一种新理论，认为历史的演变是基于对立集团之间的冲突之上的。
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Up to four players can compete in a virtual world of role playing
最多可以有4个玩家在一个虚拟世界中扮演角色互相拼杀。
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We ask for a level playing field when we compete with foreign companies .
我们寻求一个能与外国公司公平竞争的环境。
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Our goods compete in terms of product quality , reliability and above all variety
我们的产品在质量、可靠性，尤其是品种方面颇具竞争力。
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They talked about the competing theories of the origin of life .
他们讨论了几种相互矛盾的生命起源理论。
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The premise is that schools will work harder to improve if they must compete
前提是，如果各学校必须参与竞争的话，就会更加努力。
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Dubbed foreign language films will not be allowed to compete for best film
外国译制片不得参加最佳影片的角逐。
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Scientists now have to compete for funding , and do not share information among themselves
科学家们现在为了资金不得不相互竞争，互相之间也不会共享信息。
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The market for which they are competing is still unformed .
他们角逐的市场尚未成形。
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Banks and building societies are competing fiercely for business
银行和购房互助协会为了争夺业务而展开激烈的竞争。
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The banks have long competed with American Express 's charge cards and various store cards
长久以来，这些银行一直在与美国运通公司的信用卡以及各式各样的商场赊购卡竞争。
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They are now trying to compete on an equal footing .
他们现在想要公平竞争。
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I had at last found a sport where I could compete on equal terms with able-bodied people
我终于发现了一个可以和体格健全的人平等竞争的体育项目。
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Five other cities had been competing for the honour of staging the Games
还有其他5个城市为赢得该届运动会的主办权一直在进行角逐。
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Fox is not bitter about the lost opportunity to compete in the Games
福克斯并没有对错过了参赛机会感到不忿。
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I went on competing till I was in my middle forties .
我继续参赛，直到45岁左右。
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The American economy , and its ability to compete abroad , was slowing down according to the report .
根据这项报告，美国经济及其海外竞争能力发展的速度开始放缓。
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The stores will inevitably end up competing with each other in their push for increased market shares
在努力争取更大的市场份额的过程中，这些商场最终将不可避免地相互展开竞争。
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Kangaroos compete with sheep and cattle for sparse supplies of food and water
袋鼠与牛羊争夺稀少的食物和水。
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The government and its opponents compete to exploit the troubles to their advantage .
政府及其反对派竞相利用这些问题为自己谋利。