However, the magazines also depicted music halls—which competed for patronage with all theaters—as places where crass entertainment corrupted spectators' taste and morals.

然而，这些杂志也把音乐厅——与所有剧院争夺客源的音乐厅——描绘成了腐蚀观众品位和道德的地方。

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Compete the rival schools competed for the football trophy.

各参赛学校为足球奖而竞争。

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They then placed a mussel in to see how the fish competed for food.

科学家们向水中投入贻贝，来观察食人鱼是如何争夺食物的。

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More than six thousand candidates competed for three hundred twenty-five seats in parliament.

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Taylor's previous brush with Grammy fame came in 2008, when she unsuccessfully competed for Best New Artist.

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Senator McCain,who competed for the White House against then-candidate Obama last year, also harshly criticized the way the Obama administration announced this major policy change.

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One problem: Canandaigua's acquired jug wines--Paul Masson, Inglenook and Almaden--competed for the same customers.

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The two-time world champion competed for the first time since ankle surgery 16 months ago.

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In 1979, Z Boaz competed for players with three non-municipal public courses within 15 miles.

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