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单词 competitive
释义
competitive
adjective
uk
/kəmˈpet.ɪ.tɪv/us
/kəmˈpet̬.ə.t̬ɪv/
B2
involvingcompetition:
竞争的；竞赛的
competitivesports竞技体育
ahighlycompetitiveindustry竞争激烈的产业
Acting is very competitive - you've got to reallypushyourself if youwanttosucceed.演艺界竞争非常激烈——要想成功就得拼命努力。
B2
wantingvery much towinor be moresuccessfulthan otherpeople:
好竞争的；好胜的
You're very competitive - it'smeantto be afriendlymatch!你太争强好胜了——这本来是场友谊赛！
I could neverplayteamsports- Ilackthe competitivespirit(= astrongwishtobeatothers).我可能永远都不适合参加集体运动项目——我缺乏竞争意识。
B2
Competitiveprices,services, etc. are as good as orbetterthan otherprices,services, etc.
（价格、服务等）具有竞争力的
More examples
  • We have toinvestin newtechnologyif we are toremaincompetitive.
  • Welivein atoughlycompetitiveworld.
  • The twosistershave always been competitive, but they're also verysupportiveof each other.
  • She'sfiercelycompetitive and gets veryupsetif shelosesat anything.
  • Any newcompanyisseenas aninvaderin an already competitivemarket.
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 toe to toeidiom
  • hyper-competitive
  • in the gameidiom
  • intercollegiate
  • jostle
  • runners and ridersidiom
  • showing
  • slugfest
  • snap atsomeone'sheelsidiom
  • super-competitive
  • toe
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(Definition ofcompetitivefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

competitive| American Dictionary

competitive
adjective
us
/kəmˈpet̬·ə·t̬ɪv,-ə·tɪv/
eagerto dobetterthanothersin anactivity,esp.tryingtowinin asportsactivity:
a competitiveperson
We will befacingweakerteams, which should give us a competitiveadvantage/edge.
Competitive alsomeansabletocompeteat the samelevel:
If we have tolowerourpricestoremaincompetitive, we will.
(Definition ofcompetitivefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

competitive| Business English

competitive
adjective
COMMERCE,ECONOMICS
uk
/kəmˈpetɪtɪv/us
involvingorencouragingcompetition:
highly/extremely/fiercelycompetitive
Theseveredownturnin theworldwidesemiconductormarkethasincreasedcompetitivepressuresin theJapanesemarket.
Thecorporatewatchdoglawrequireslargecompaniestoformalizecompetitiveprocessesforselectingvendors.
competitiveprices,services, etc. are as good as orbetterthan otherprices,services, etc.:
Thetechnologyexiststoconvertgrainandsugartoethanolat acompetitiveprice.
Weknowwe havecompetitiveproductstosell, if onlyconsumershadaccessto them.
Thehotelworkshard tooffercompetitivesalariesandbenefitstoouremployees.
We can't put upourpricesand stillremaincompetitive withsimilarbrands.

competitively

adverbuk/kəmˈpetɪtɪvli/us/-ˈpeṱəţɪv-/
Inordertoencouragecustomerstoswitchproviders,broadbandservicesmust becompetitivelypriced.
(Definition ofcompetitivefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcompetitive

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Suchcompetitivebidding is a powerful way to contain costs, and is also a good way to develop drugs.
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In the current,competitiveenvironment for utilities, power plant owners are reluctant to provide much advance notice of when outages will occur.
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Consequently, we are at acompetitivedisadvantage with the executive branch in some areas, such as performance rewards.
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Work emphasis is prevocational in nature, and it is usually assumed that individuals at this programme level are incapable ofcompetitiveemployment.
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To move from a regular workshop programme tocompetitiveemployment required an average of yet another nine years.
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Usually agricultural technology is closely linked to that of industrial technology and is constantly innovating as private farms strive to remaincompetitive.
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Two types of interaction (competitiveor non-competitiveinhibition) are allowed.
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Establishment of the maternal-fetal interface is extremelycompetitiveamong littermates in early swine gestation.
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In general, the different approaches can be seen as complementary rather thancompetitive.
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The marginal effect was slightly smaller in 1989, suggesting that hospitals in morecompetitiveareas may have reallocated resources into administrative services.
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Rather than being celebrated as proof of thecompetitivemerits of democratic elitism, such an outcome may create convulsions or reduce national economic performance.
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As a response to the brutalcompetitiveindividualism which is fashionable today, this proposal is understandable.
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Competitiveinnovation has proved decisive in many industries over the last two decades in determining which firms assume leadership positions and which disappear.
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Competitiveimperatives drive firms' choices of strategy and may, as we illustrate later on, have little to do with short-run considerations of national economic factors.
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Herding instincts and trainability can be measured at noncompetitive herding tests.
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