compete

英 [k?m'pi?t] 美[k?m'pit]

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第三人稱單數:?competes;過去式:?competed;過去分詞:?competed;現在分詞:?competing;

compete 競爭

com-, 強調。-pet, 追逐，渴望，詞源同feather, petition. 追逐同一個目標的，競爭。

compete: compete: [17] Compete comes from Latin competere. This was a compound verb formed from com- ‘together’ and petere ‘seek, strive’ (source of English petition, appetite, impetus, and repeat). At first this meant ‘come together, agree, be fit or suitable’, and the last of these meanings was taken up in the present participial adjective competēns, source of English competent [14]. In later Latin, however, competere developed the sense ‘strive together’, and this formed the basis of English compete.
=> appetite, competent, impetus, petition, repeat
compete (v.): 1610s, " to enter or be put in rivalry with," from Middle French compéter "be in rivalry with" (14c.), or directly from Late Latin competere "strive in common," in classical Latin "to come together, agree, to be qualified," later, "strive together," from com- "together" (see com-) + petere "to strive, seek, fall upon, rush at, attack" (see petition (n.)).

Rare 17c., revived from late 18c. in sense "to strive (alongside another) for the attainment of something" and regarded early 19c. in Britain as a Scottish or American word. Market sense is from 1840s (perhaps a back-formation from competition); athletics sense attested by 1857. Related: Competed; competing.

2. Until the matter is resolved the athletes will be ineligible to compete.: 除非這個問題得以解決，否則這些運動員沒有資格參加比賽。

3. Schools should not compete with each other or attempt to poach pupils.: 學校之間不應該相互競爭，也不應該企圖挖走彼此的學生。

4. Each year they compete in a prominent statewide bicycle race.: 每年他們都要參加著名的全州自行車大賽。

5. Small English orchards can hardly compete economically with larger French ones.: 英國的小型果園很難在經濟上和法國的大型果園競爭。