competition

UK:  [.kɒmpə'tɪʃ(ə)n]

US:  [.kɑmpə'tɪʃ(ə)n]

复数：competitions  

n.

1.竞争

2.比赛,竞赛

3.挑战;争夺,争食;竞相出现

4.对抗

5.【生物学】生存竞争

1 . He said, "the competition among regions should be a friendly atmosphere. "
他说，“地区间的竞争氛围应该是友好的”。

2 . This may come to nothing, but at least Europe's competition authorities show willing.
这或许无关紧要，但是至少欧盟公平竞争委员会表达了他们的态度。

3 . From the beginning, then, the building of the transcontinental railroad was set up in terms of a competition between the two companies.
因此，从一开始，横贯铁路的修筑就置身于两家公司的浓重的竞争氛围中。

4 . I'd never had any previous modeling experience, and so I came into the competition already with a little bit of an inferiority complex.
我从来没有过任何的模特经验，我来到这个比赛就已经是带有点自卑而复杂心态的了。

5 . At the same time of entering the WTO, we shall wake up to that the boiled market competition will following with the opportunity.
但在加入WTO的同时，我们应该意识到，伴随机遇而来的还有日趋激烈的市场竞争。