| 词汇 | competed |
| 释义 | competed past simple and past participle ofcompete compete verb[ I ] uk /kəmˈpiːt/ us /kəmˈpiːt/ B2 to try to be more successful than someone or something else: 竞争 It's difficult for a small shop to compete against/with the big supermarkets.小超市很难同大超市竞争。 Both girls compete for their father's attention.两个女孩在父亲面前争宠。 figurativeTurn the music down - I'm not competing against/with that noise (= I can't/won't try to speak louder than that music)!把音乐声调小点儿——我可不想跟那噪声较劲！ B1 to take part in a race or competition: 参加赛跑;参与竞争;争夺 Are you competing in the 100 metres?你参加100米赛跑吗？ The two athletes are competing for the gold medal.这两位选手在争夺金牌。 Men and women ought to be able to compete for jobs on an equal footing. The company has to be able to compete globally.这公司必须具有全球竞争力。 The company lacks the marketing muscle to compete with drug giants.这家公司缺乏销售实力，无法与药业巨头竞争。 We're only a small business and don't have the capital to compete with the big boys. For the magazine to be successful, it will have to compete in the big league against leading weekly women's magazines.为了成功，该杂志必须在高端市场和主流的女性周刊杂志竞争。 Competing and contending (non-sporting) as a dare be one up on someoneidiom cat catchup challenge someone to something/do something dare get one up on someoneidiom give someone/something a run for their moneyidiom go in for something go toe to toeidiom hyper-competitive jungle pit runner runners and ridersidiom sharp elbowsidiom sharp-elbowed sharpen (something) up sharpen your elbowsidiom snap You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Competing in sport Examples of competedcompeted In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Besides nutrients and light, rice and weeds also competed for water. They competed in sports, organized clubs and concerts, attended chapel, threw parties and sometimes went to class. Lead singers now competed for camera attention with their surrounding musicians who had begun to develop their own visual cliches. The adjusted starting sample was 480, and a total of 168 competed surveys was returned for a 35% response rate. Arguments about freedom competed with those coming from other perspectives, for political conflicts at the aggregate, national level incorporate multiple voices. Cotton competed directly with food crops for both labour and land. Previously, the two parties had habitually competed against each other. These strains were competed as both grandes and petites. As a final comment, operant procedures have competed well in the marketplace of practical applications. While thousands of workers competed with each other for employment, they needed to rely on their own social networks for survival. Imagine now, that instead of scoring points and winning or losing games, the teams competed for reproductive fitness. To make matters worse, it competed with palm oil for existing supplies of labour. These efforts sometimes reinforced ethical goals, such as following patients' wishes or their best interests, but they sometimes competed with them. Some students are valued and competed for, others are perceived to be less valuable and confront constrained choice. In the previous year, the real estate associations had competed among themselves to expand their memberships. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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