enemy, competitor, rival, opponent之間的主要區別是什麼?

母語人士的回答
Rebecca
所有這些詞都指的是競爭對手,但它們不能互換,因為它們有不同的上下文。首先, enemy是指積極反對或敵視某些人或事物的人。示例: Germany and France were enemies in the Second World War. (德國和法國在二戰中是敵對的。) Competitor是指參加有組織的競爭的人。可能有一些人或團體有相同的目標。示例: Every country sends competitors to the Olympic Games, but only some win medals. (所有國家都派運動員參加奧運會,但只有少數國家能獲得獎牌。) 示例: Our company's primary competitor has lower prices but lower quality products than us. (我們的主要競爭對手價格比我們低,但質量比我們低。) Rival是一個人或實體,為同一個目標積極競爭。它類似於Competitor ,但可以看作是一種更強的表達方式。它也可以用作動詞的意思來匹配。示例: Two boys like the same girl, and both are trying to impress her. They are rivals for her love. (兩個男孩喜歡同一個女孩,所以他們都想給女孩留下好印象。他們是情敵。) 示例: There are no runners who can be rivals to Usain Bolt. (沒有跑步者可以與尤塞恩博爾特競爭。) 示例: Tigers rival lions as the most dangerous big cat. (老虎是最危險的大型貓科動物,可與獅子相媲美。) => 作為動詞的rival最後, opponent是指在比賽、比賽、辯論等中競爭的人,通常不包含情緒的一面。示例: The chess master struggled against his opponent but eventually won the game. (國際象棋大師在比賽中掙扎,但最終獲勝。) 示例: We don't need to see our coworkers as opponents when trying to get a promotion. (當你的目標是升職時,你不必把你的隊友當作對手。)