in AM, use 美国英语用rivaling, rivaled
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]竞争者;对手;敌手 Your
rival is a person, business, or organization who you are competing or fighting against in the same area or for the same things.
The world champion finished more than two seconds ahead of his nearest rival...
世界冠军领先第二名2秒多钟到达终点。
He eliminated his rivals in a brutal struggle for power...
他在一场残酷的权力争斗中将对手一一铲除。
The police believe the fight was due to a dispute between rival teenage gangs.
警察认为这场打斗是由两个敌对的青少年帮派之间的纠纷引起的。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]没有敌手;独一无二;无人能及 If you say that someone or something has
no rivals or is
without rival, you mean that it is best of its type.
...a wonderfully fragrant wine which has no rivals in the Rhone...
在罗纳河地区独一无二的无比香醇的葡萄酒
He is a pastry chef without rival.
他是最好的面点师。
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[VERB 动词]能与…媲美;与…匹敌;与…不分高低 If you say that one thing
rivals another, you mean that they are both of the same standard or quality.
Cassette recorders cannot rival the sound quality of CDs...
卡式磁带录音机的音质无法和CD相媲美。
An epidemic to rival that which killed 26,000 in 1989 may hit the UK.
一种流行病可能会袭击英国,其危害程度不亚于1989年导致26,000人丧生的疾病。