一日一词：媲美RIVAL

自现象级英语

RIVAL

1. 英英释义：to be as good, clever, beautiful, etc. as someone or something else

例句：The college’s amenities rival those of a five-star hotel.

2. 体会这个词 （进阶篇）

“rival”是名词也是动词。作为名词表示“竞争者”“对手”，作为动词表示“能与…媲美”“与…匹敌”，今天我们要学习的是它的动词用法。当我们描述一个事物或者比较两件事物时，想表示“不亚于”“与…不分高低”，就可以用到 rival。

比如去年我们在昆山杜克大学做过一次阅读马拉松。参观学校时发现学习环境、设施、服务都特别好，可以和五星级酒店相媲美。想用英文表达这个意思就可以说：   

The college’s amenities rival those of a five-star hotel.

 我们常用“难以望其项背”表示难以企及某人所达到的成就或境界，这是也可以用  rival 来表示，比如：  

Only a few can rival his success/achievement.

Justin 在一篇英文随笔中就用到了 rival：    

This nascent coffee brand has gone completely viral and is said to rival Starbucks.

《纽约时报》在写 Karl Lagerfeld 的讣告中就用到了 rival：    

…his output as a designer was rivaled only by his outpourings as a master of the telling aphorism.（这段话想说的唯一能和他设计成就相媲美的就是他那源源不断的金句，这里的 be rivaled by 就相当于 be equal to）。

3. 从认识到会用（作业） 

1）翻译下面的句子：    

有些家常菜可以和米其林星级餐厅的佳肴媲美。(重点：家常菜home-cooked dishes，餐厅的佳肴用be served at a restaurant, 米其林星级餐厅 a Michelin-starred restaurant)

Some home-cooked dishes can rival the cuisine served at a Michelin-starred restaurant.

造句：

例1：The supremacy of Huawei's flagship smartphone Mate X is only rivalled by its skyrocketing price. 华为最新款Mate X物美价高

例2：It is our hope that China could eventually rival Korea as one of the most competitive national football teams in Asia, although recently we fared poorly in the AFC Asian Cup 2019. 我们期望中国最终成为匹敌韩国的亚洲足球劲旅, 虽然亚洲杯战绩不佳。

例3：Few countries can rival India for dansing in movies. Dance sequences dictate Bollywood films. 印度电影舞蹈无人能出其右。舞蹈是宝莱坞电影的主宰。  

个人拓展：

搭配：rival sb/sth  in/for complexity

rival sb/sth as sth

The beauty of the country is only rivalled by the violence of its politics. (注意过去分词rivalled的双l)

without rival 

背诵：

Only a few can rival his success/achievement.