1590s; from rival + -ry. Shakespeare has rivality ("Antony and Cleopatra"), but from the secondary sense of the root word and meaning "partnership, equality in rank."
雙語例句
1. It was Allen who fired this rivalry with real passion.
是艾倫為這場(chǎng)較量注入了激情。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Despite their bitter screen rivalry, off-stage they are close friends.
雖然他們?cè)阢y幕上是誓不兩立的對(duì)手，在現(xiàn)實(shí)生活中卻是至交。
來自柯林斯例句
3. a fierce rivalry for world supremacy
奪取世界霸權(quán)的激烈競(jìng)爭(zhēng)
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
4. The quarrel originated in rivalry between the two families.