音标:[kәm'pi:t] ; 柯林斯词典等级:3 级; 牛津三千核心词汇;
vi. 竞争, 对抗
v. compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others
词型变化:现在分词 : competing ; 过去式 : competed ; 第三人称单数 : competes ; 过去分词 : competed
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compete的用法和样例:

例句

用作动词(v.)
  1. Companies must be able to compete in the marketplace.公司一定要在市场中有竞争力。
  2. Several companies are competing for the contract.几家公司正为争取一项合同而互相竞争。
  3. We can compete with the best teams.我们能与最好的队竞争。
  4. He's hoping to compete in the London marathon.他期盼着参加伦敦马拉松比赛。

常见句型

用作动词(v.)
用作不及物动词S+~(+A)
  1. Some 2000 athletes competed in 20 events .约2000名运动员参加了20个项目的比赛。
  2. These products are of high quality and able to compete internationally.这些产品质量很好,在国际市场上有竞争能力。
  3. All these countries competed in this trade of human beings.所有这些国家都参与了贩卖人口的竞争。

常用短语

用作动词(v.)
compete against (v.+prep.)
    与…抗争 struggle against sb or sth with hope of successcompete against sb

    Jim competed against the world's best runner in the Games and did well to come third.

    在运动会上吉姆与世界最佳赛跑运动员竞争,他成绩不错,得了第三名。

    The firm is too small to compete against large international companies.

    这个公司太小,不能与大跨国公司竞争。

compete for(v.+prep.)
    比赛…夺取 try to win sth in competition with sb elsecompete for sth

    Runners from many countries are competing for the international prize.

    来自许多国家的赛跑运动员正在为获得这项国际奖而竞争。

    Firms from across the country may compete for the contract.

    全国各地的公司都可能为承揽这项合同而竞争。

compete with(v.+prep.)
    与…抗争 struggle against sb or sth with hope of successcompete with sb/sth

    We try to make the trains run on time, but we can't compete with weather.

    我们努力使火车准点运行,但我们抗争不过天气。

    We cannot hope to compete with so experienced a team.

    我们没有希望能够与如此经验丰富的队竞争。

    It is difficult for a small grocery store to compete with a supermarket.

    小商店很难与超市抗争。

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)
~+副词
  • compete actively积极地竞争
  • compete highly很有能力
  • compete honestly正直地竞争
  • compete perfectly完全有能力
  • compete successfully比赛优胜
  • compete sufficiently足以胜任
  • compete thoroughly绝对有能力
~+介词
  • compete against与…进行竞争
  • compete as作为…称职
  • compete at在…方面胜任
  • compete for争夺
  • compete for championship争夺冠军
  • compete for the novel竞相购买小说
  • compete for the post争夺职位,能胜任此职
  • compete for the scholarship争夺助学金
  • compete for space争夺空间
  • compete for sb's work工作称职
  • compete in在…方面竞争,在…方面胜任
  • compete in a contest参加比赛
  • compete in one's field胜任自己的专业
  • compete to the task能胜任…工作
  • compete with同…竞争
  • compete with each other竞相争夺

经典引文

  • There was none who could compete with him in renown of learning.

    出自:R. Heber
  • The stores..compete with shopkeepers, and induce them to lower their prices.

    出自:W. S. Jevons
  • If an animal is competing with another for food, it needs to be aggressive.

    出自:A. Storr
  • To compete at Henley is a wholly delightful experience.

    出自:A. C. Boult
  • If the Mexican industry is able to compete in its own market, that will guarantee that it will be able to compete in foreign markets.

    出自:Washington Post
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