competitor
单词辨析：
指在竞争、比赛、战斗、辩论等中的对手。
He easily defeated his opponent in the election.
他在竞选中轻松击败了对手。
Ted can outfox his opponent almost every time.
特德几乎每次都能智取对手。
指参与竞争的人、队伍、公司等，尤指商业领域内的对手。
The company signed a secret deal with its main competitor.
该公司与其主要竞争者签订了一项秘密协议。
Their product has a good lead over their competitor's.
他们的产品遥遥领先其竞争者。
普通用词，指心怀仇恨并意图造成伤害的对手，可以是人或动物。
Politicians often have many enemies.
政治家往往树敌很多。
Remember not to make an enemy of him.
记住不要与他为敌。
Birds and insects are natural enemies.
鸟类与昆虫是天敌。
多用于文学作品中，指敌意很深、危险性很大的对手。
They are my sworn foes.
他们是我不共戴天的仇人。
Is the killer your friend or foe?
杀手是你的朋友还是仇人？
The knight was murdered by his foes.
那位骑士被他的仇敌谋害了。
指在赛场、情场、职场、生意场等中的竞争对手，可以是人、机构、物品等。
The boxer beat his rival.
这位拳击手击败了他的对手。
Bob and I are rivals in love.
鲍勃和我是情敌。
Moch and I were rivals for the job.
莫克和我是这次求职的竞争对手。
The two companies still remain bitter rivals.
这两家公司依然是宿敌。
相关例句：
He hired an assassin to kill his competitor.
他雇用了一名刺客去暗杀他的竞争者。
But he is a bit too close to our chief competitor.
但是他和我们的主要竞争对手有点太近了。
He is my competitor in the game.
他是我比赛中的对手。
Some countries where English is becoming a strong competitor to French, such as Algeria and Senegal, may see an immediate halt to the council's work
在一些国家里，比如阿尔及利亚和塞内加尔，英语正在成为法语强有力的竞争者，委员会在这些地方的工作可能会很快陷入停滞状态。
There's little sense in trying to outspend a competitor with a much larger service factory.
试图比竞争对手花更多的钱建一个大得多的维修厂没有什么意义。
By defeating the main competitor this firm has cornered the wheat market.
这家公司通过打败主要的竞争对手垄断了小麦市场。