陳國詩的英文分享平台

關鍵字彙：

adversary/ arena/ eclipse/ emulate/ forestall/ opponent/ overshadow/ peerless/ preemptive/ rival/ scramble/ tournament/ tussle/ vie

1. 「與…競爭」可用rival或vie：

•No one could rival him in boxing.

•Ships can't rival aircraft for speed.

•The two teams are vying for the championship.

•The runners are vying for the lead.

2. 若強調懷著效法之心競爭，用emulate。另外，非正式用法中，「與…強力競爭」用tussle：

•As long as our political leaders emulate the virtues of the great leaders in history, we shall flourish.

•The fishermen had to tussle with the nasty sea.

3. 「使（人或物）黯然失色」、「使相形見絀」用eclipse或overshadow，「先發制人」叫forestall，「先發制人的」叫preemptive：

•John is quite eclipsed by his cleverer brother.

•Mary has always felt overshadowed by her famous elder sister.

•Jack tried to invite Lisa to his birthday party, but Paul forestalled him by asking her to see a movie.

•We made several preemptive attacks on the enemy's airforce bases.

4. 為了想得到某物而「爭先恐後」、「你爭我奪」叫scramble，它可做動詞和名詞用：

•People were scrambling for shelter in the heavy rain.

•The audience is in a scramble for the best seats.

5. 競爭「對手」可用adversary或opponent，「競技場」叫arena：

•Tom succeeded in defeating his adversary in a bitter debate.

•In the third game, his opponent hurt his arm and had to retire.

•The small country became the arena of war between the two big powers.

6. 「沒有競爭對手的」、「無人能出其右的」叫peerless：

•His skill in repairing clocks is peerless.

7. 「錦標賽」叫tournament：

•An international golf tournament will take place in Tamsui.

•Our team was defeated in the second round of the tournament.