2019-04-14 rivalry

[definition]

[U] competition for the same objective or for superiority in the same field.

= competition

[sentence]

1. There has been increasing rivalry between China and the US in military, economy, and technology.

2. Many Internet companies are engaged in the rivalry over who has the largest number of daily active users.

3. The brutal rivalry enables you to constantly gauge and calibrate your decisions.

4. The growing strategic rivalry between the two superpowers is putting pressure on American businesses and investors in two years. During the cold war business was largely untroubled by superpower rivalry because the Soviet Union was an unwelcoming, closed economy.

[Practice]

手机厂商之间激烈的竞争使得智能手机越来越便宜了。

The fierce rivalry between cellphone companies has made smartphones cheaper and cheaper.

The intense rivalry among smartphone makers has brought down the prices of gadgets.

Thanks to the bitter rivalry among smartphone makers, smartphones have become cheaper.