基本信息 rival ['raivəl] 复数形式：rivals n. 竞争者，对手 vt. 竞争，对抗 a. 竞争的，对抗的 时 态：ri·valed or ri·valled, ri·val·ing or ri·val·ling, ri·vals 名词解释 the contestant you hope to defeat [同] competition, competitor, contender, rival, challenger [例] he had respect for his rivals he wanted to know what the competition was doing 动词解释 be equal to in quality or ability [同] equal, match, rival, touch [例] Nothing can rival cotton for durability Your performance doesn't even touch that of your colleagues Her persistence and ambition only matches that of her parentsbe the rival of, be in competition with [例] we are rivaling for first place in the race