Noun:
the contestant you hope to defeat;he had respect for his rivals
he wanted to know what the competition was doing
Verb:
be equal to in quality or ability;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 parents
be the rival of, be in competition with;we are rivaling for first place in the race
v.动词
rival, match这两个词的共同意思是“相比”。其区别在于:match着重指在力量、完美程度方面比得过、比得上; rival通常指在竞争中显示出强或优于与之相比的对象。例如:
No one could match the skill of the well-known archer.没有哪个人的技艺能比得上那位出名的射箭运动员。
Ships cannot rival aircraft for speed.在速度方面轮船无法与飞机相比。compete，contend，contest，rival这些动词均可表示“竞争”之意。
compete普通用词，含义广泛。既可指体育活动等活动中争取优胜的相互竞争，也可指为了自己的利益与他人竞争。
contend指为战胜或击败对手进行不懈努力，强调拼搏。也可指口头上进行有对立情绪或严重分歧的争论。
contest指为争夺土地、阵地、权力或荣誉等而展开的竞争。
rival指在两方或多方的竞争或比赛中，谁都想战胜或比得上对手。
match，equal，rival这些动词均含“相称、比得上、与……相比”之意。
match指对手之间力量、强度、性能或利益等的较量或竞争。
equal指在数量、价值或程度等方面已完全相等。
rival指某人或某物在和对手竞争中，在能力、质量等方面都能与之相匹敌，都能比得上。
opponent，competitor，enemy，foe，rival这些名词均有“对手、敌手”之意。
opponent最常用词，通常指在争论、辩论、竞选或竞赛以及其它各种矛盾冲突中站在对立面的“对手”或“敌手”。
competitor指为同一目标或目的竞争者，一般无感情色彩。
enemy多指充满敌意的仇敌。
foe语气较强，多用于书面文字和诗歌中，指不仅敌对，而且很危险，怀有很深的敌意。
rival指与某人目标一致而想赶上或超过他的人，匹敌者。
1577年进入英语，直接源自古典拉丁语的rivalis，意为一个对手，河对岸的人；最初源自古典拉丁语的rivus，意为小河。
用作名词 n.
动词+～defeat one's rival击败对手encounter a rival遇到一个对手形容词+～fallen rival被打败的竞争对手powerful rival强敌～+名词rival firm竞争公司介词+～without a rival无可匹敌的～+介词rival for对…的竞争对手a rival in love情敌用作动词 v.～+介词rival for为…竞争rival each other in popularity互比声望高低
近义词 opposecontestcontestantn. competitoropponentv. compete
用作名词n.He beat his rival.他击败他的竞争对手。
As a book of reference for students of English, this dictionary is without a rival.作为英语系学生的参考书,这部辞典是无与伦比的。用作动词v.
用作及物动词
S+～+ n./pron.None of us can rival him in strength.我们谁也没他劲大。
The sunset rivaled the sunrise in beauty.日落与日出的景色一样美。
名词54%,动词29%,形容词17%
用作名词He is hound out of his job by jealousrival.他受到忌妒他的竞争者的算计而被迫离职。
The party leader has been supplanted by hisrival.那位政党领导已被他的对手取而代之了。用作形容词He was utterly unscrupulous in his competition withrivalfirms.他与对立公司竞争完全不讲道德。用作动词Ships can'trivalaircraft for speed.轮船在速度方面无法与飞机匹敌。
The poet Homer believed that no mortal couldrivalZeus.诗人荷马认为没有凡人能 与宙斯匹敌. Its Lexus- rivalling Genesis saloon was named North American car of the year.
现代旗下可与雷克萨斯匹敌的创世纪Genesis轿车被评为北美年度汽车。 ecocn