Compete
[ kəm'pit ]
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vi. 竞赛;竞争;比得上;参加比赛（或竞赛）;
💡 词根助记
com共同+pete追求→一起追→比赛
📝 例句
Their seedlings compete equally well under certain light and moisture regimes.
幼苗在一定的光照和水分条件下平等地进行竞争。
No one could compete with these steel monopolies.
没有人能和这些钢铁垄断企业竞争。
The younger fellows were to compete in the running brood jump.
小伙子们呢，要比赛急行跳远。
Schools would have to compete for the favour of their parent customers.
各学校为争取他们的家长惠顾而相互竞争。
My handwriting cannot compete with his.
我的书法不及他。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ come-来,pet-宠物,e-拼音“鹅”:鹅来参加宠物比赛
※ com-前缀“共同”,pet-词根“追求”:共同追求会引起竞争
※ come-来,pet-宠物,e-拼音“鹅”:来了一群宠物和鹅参加马来松比赛
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
🔤 词根
-pet-表示“寻求”
📖 牛津释义
compete
v[I, Ipr, It]
~ (against/with sb) (in sth) (for sth) try to win sth by defeating others who are trying to do the same 竞争; 对抗; 比赛
Several companies are competing (against/with each other) for the contract/to gain the contract. 几家公司正为争取一项合同而互相竞争.
a horse that has competed in the Grand National four times 参加过四次｀英国大赛马＇的马
We have limited funds and several competing claims, so it is hard to choose between them. 我们的基金有限而争相申请的却有几处, 因此难於做出决择.
🎯 考研助记
com(共同)+pet(追求)+e:共同追求- 竞赛 网友：wangqidong 补充：共同进行放屁比赛
🔁 扩展释义
*[kәm'pi:t]vi. 竞争, 对抗相关词组: compete with sb for sth
🌿 同词根单词
📖 同为「高中」词汇
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And now for ... something old,
现在， 接着是 一些旧的，
I'll meet you tomorrow.
我们明天见面。
'It's working all right, but I'm afraid that at one o'clock it will strike thirteen times and there's nothing I can do about it.
“不错，钟能报时了，但是，恐怕每到1点钟，它总要敲13下，对此我已无能为力了。”