compete

英 [k?m'pi?t] 美[k?m'pit]

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第三人稱單數(shù):?competes;過去式:?competed;過去分詞:?competed;現(xiàn)在分詞:?competing;

compete 競(jìng)爭(zhēng)

com-, 強(qiáng)調(diào)。-pet, 追逐，渴望，詞源同feather, petition. 追逐同一個(gè)目標(biāo)的，競(jìng)爭(zhēng)。

compete: compete: [17] Compete comes from Latin competere. This was a compound verb formed from com- ‘together’ and petere ‘seek, strive’ (source of English petition, appetite, impetus, and repeat). At first this meant ‘come together, agree, be fit or suitable’, and the last of these meanings was taken up in the present participial adjective competēns, source of English competent [14]. In later Latin, however, competere developed the sense ‘strive together’, and this formed the basis of English compete.
=> appetite, competent, impetus, petition, repeat
compete (v.): 1610s, " to enter or be put in rivalry with," from Middle French compéter "be in rivalry with" (14c.), or directly from Late Latin competere "strive in common," in classical Latin "to come together, agree, to be qualified," later, "strive together," from com- "together" (see com-) + petere "to strive, seek, fall upon, rush at, attack" (see petition (n.)).

Rare 17c., revived from late 18c. in sense "to strive (alongside another) for the attainment of something" and regarded early 19c. in Britain as a Scottish or American word. Market sense is from 1840s (perhaps a back-formation from competition); athletics sense attested by 1857. Related: Competed; competing.

1. They are now trying to compete on an equal footing.: 他們現(xiàn)在想要公平競(jìng)爭(zhēng)。

2. Until the matter is resolved the athletes will be ineligible to compete.: 除非這個(gè)問題得以解決，否則這些運(yùn)動(dòng)員沒有資格參加比賽。

3. Schools should not compete with each other or attempt to poach pupils.: 學(xué)校之間不應(yīng)該相互競(jìng)爭(zhēng)，也不應(yīng)該企圖挖走彼此的學(xué)生。

4. Each year they compete in a prominent statewide bicycle race.: 每年他們都要參加著名的全州自行車大賽。

5. Small English orchards can hardly compete economically with larger French ones.: 英國的小型果園很難在經(jīng)濟(jì)上和法國的大型果園競(jìng)爭(zhēng)。