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单词 rivalry
释义
rivalry
noun[CorU]
uk
/ˈraɪ.vəl.ri/us
/ˈraɪ.vəl.ri/
C2
asituationin whichpeople,businesses, etc.competewith each other for the same thing:
相互较劲
There's such rivalryamong/betweenmy threesons.我的3个儿子相互较劲，闹得不可开交。
There'sfiercerivalryforthejob/toget thejob.很多人想要得到这份工作，竞争非常激烈。
Synonyms
competition
contention
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Competing and contending (non-sporting)
  • be one up onsomeoneidiom
  • bid
  • cat
  • catchup
  • chancer
  • close-run
  • competition
  • contest
  • dare
  • go in forsomething
  • go toe to toeidiom
  • hyper-competitive
  • in the gameidiom
  • intercollegiate
  • runsomeonecloseidiom
  • runners and ridersidiom
  • showing
  • slugfest
  • snap atsomeone'sheelsidiom
  • toe
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Arguments & disagreements
(Definition ofrivalryfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

rivalry| American Dictionary

rivalry
noun[C/U]
us
/ˈrɑɪ·vəl·ri/
aseriousand oftencontinuingcompetition:
[C]Jerusalemwas thesceneof morepassionsand rivalries than any othercityonearth.
(Definition ofrivalryfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

rivalry| Business English

rivalry
noun[CorU]
/ˈraɪvəlri/uk
us
pluralrivalries
asituationin whichpeople,companies,products, etc. arecompetingwith each other:
rivalry between sb and sbThere isconsiderablerivalry betweenbanksandaccountancyfirmswhen it comes to givingcorporatefinancialadvice.
rivalry for sthCompanycultureoftenpitsemployeesagainst each other intermsof rivalry forpromotion.
The twocompanieshaveputoldrivalriesasidetocombinetheirbroadcast,transmissionandinteractiveoperations.
privatecompaniesworkingin rivalry withone another
(Definition ofrivalryfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofrivalry

rivalry
Chapter 4 of the book discusses societal factors in therivalryfor a strong regional presence.
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The divisions, some bordering on inter-servicerivalry, remained largely intact until long after direct imperial assimilation in 1858.
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We observe greater probabilities of survival for rivalries in which the weak link of the dyad exhibits low levels of democracy and development.
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Its immediate effect was to bring the ferocious and often violent rivalries between trade unions into the workplace.
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Provincial rivalries for power were slowly eliminated, internal conflict reduced, and presidents succeeded one another observing the principle of no re-election.
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Yetrivalry, like war, is costly and thus usually ex-post inefficient.
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Therivalrybetween ethnic factions was confirmed by an attempted coup in 1982.
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Similarly, membership in organizations with mechanisms for conflict resolution enhances the credibility of commitments and therefore reduces the duration ofrivalry.
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Local rivalries meant little cooperation between close neighbours over the siting of particular services.
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We also extended the earlier study by assessing therivalryrates of 18 subjects with schizophrenia and 18 subjects with major depression.
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This was a strong argument in a time of growing politicalrivalry.
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The rivalries that surfaced took shape according to various criteria of social differentiation, including age, gender, wealth, and profession.
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The ending of the superpower stand-off, however, has aggravated conditions that contribute to ethnicrivalryand tension.
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The perceptual alternation results from competing chromatic signals, but are competing receptoral signals from the two eyes necessary for binocular colorrivalry?
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This result implies that rivalrous chromatic representations, not the physical differences in stimuli, cause binocularrivalry.
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Collocationswithrivalry

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bitter rivalry
Their celebrated friendship, which later became abitterrivalry, remains inseparable from the conceptual foundations of the anatomical sciences, including comparative anatomy and paleontology.
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ethnic rivalry
The ending of the superpower stand-off, however, has aggravated conditions that contribute toethnicrivalryand tension.
From theCambridge English Corpus
fierce rivalry
On the other side you havefiercerivalryfor place and power, which is made more intense when constitutional changes are under review or have recently been inaugurated.
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