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.
The bridge is about three hundred and eighty-five feet long.
桥长约三百八十五英尺。
I am very content with my life at present.
我很满足目前的生活。
In the first place, any scientific study requires that there be no preferential weighting of one or another of the items in the series it selects for its consideration.