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IELTS BNC: 2363 COCA: 2307

competitive

Word family 
com·pet·i·tive /kəmˈpetətɪv/ ●●○ S3 W3 adjectiveadj  
1  COMPETE WITH/TRY TO BEATdetermined or trying very hard to be more successful than other people or businesses 竞争性强的，有竞争力的 → compete, competitor
 Some US industries are not as competitive as they have been in the past.
美国有些行业不如以前有竞争力了。
 The team seems to have lost its competitive edge recently (=its ability to compete well).
这支球队近来好像丧失了竞争优势。
2  COMPETE WITH/TRY TO BEATrelating to competition 竞争的，竞争性的 → compete, competitor
 Competitive sports encourage children to work together as a team.
竞技体育鼓励孩子们进行团队协作。
highly/fiercely/intensely etc competitive
 Advertising is an intensely competitive business.
广告业是一个竞争激烈的行业。
3  CHEAPproducts or prices that are competitive are cheaper than others but still of good quality 〔产品或价格〕有竞争力的
 The hotel offers a high standard of service at competitive rates.
这家酒店服务水准高，价格又很有竞争力。
► see thesaurus at cheap
—competitively adverbadv
Examples from the Corpus
competitive• Amanda hated working in advertising - it was so competitive.• The atmosphere at our school was highly competitive.• Call this number for our free catalogue of competitively priced software.• I hate playing tennis with Stephen - he's too competitive.• I think you'll find our prices are extremely competitive.• The main competitive advantage of the firm is the relatively low cost of the labor force both for production and design.• Another set of activities, which are physical but not competitive, are also often included in national sports participation surveys.• Some U.S. industries are not as competitive as they have been in the past.• Fiercely competitive at all times, Ravi is a difficult man to work with.• The company offered a competitive bid for the contract.• The company lobbied Congress in the hope of being able to buy it directly from the commission without competitive bidding.• In such a fiercely competitive environment, it's inevitable that some companies will go out of business.• Globalisation has been one factor forcing prices down, but privatisation and increased regulation have led to a tougher competitive environment.• Beth's so competitive, even with her friends.• He is a selfish, competitive fighter who is totally calculating about how he allocates his time and resources.• It is apparently a competitive oligopoly.• Long distance phone companies offer very competitive rates.• The competitive situation keeps the governing party on its toes and sensitive to the public's view of policy.
competitive edge• But the 1977 Ferrari was by now outmoded and no longer had the same competitive edge.• Great training for life in the U. S. Gives you that competitive edge.• Mr Coleridge inherits a market that has made some sensible moves to improve its competitive edge.• On the contrary, much of it - the taxation proposals in particular - is calculated to sacrifice our competitive edge.• They would dilute the quality of his product, blunting a competitive edge.• They achieve the competitive edge because everyone is helping to achieve it.• They have a competitive edge in larger buying power, enabling them to acquire stock at prices way below the small independents.• The merger will give the company a competitive edge in the market.• It is also the sort of competitive edge that wins customers - and makes competitors uncomfortable.
highly/fiercely/intensely etc competitive• Such companies are highly competitive and welcome the colossal saving of time and money new methods represent.• Rivals also seem to be smarting from a fiercely competitive Christmas.• Competition from the national brewers in the highly competitive free trade.• Before Alan, it was just the two of them sparring over terms, a competition between two fiercely competitive players.• Watch out for a fiercely competitive range of unmetered access plans that include telephone charges.• What about fiercely competitive schools which encourage academic self-assertion?
From Longman Business Dictionary
competitivecom·pet·i·tive /kəmˈpetətɪv/ adjectiveadjCOMMERCE
1used to describe situations and behaviour in which businesses are trying very hard to be more successful than others, for example by selling their goods or services more cheaply than others
The food retail market in the UK is becoming increasingly competitive.
The airline industry remains intensely competitive. Average fares are at all-time lows.
2competitive prices are similar to or less than other companies’ prices for the same product
Japanese consumers are being denied access to foreign goods at competitive prices.
competitive with
Cutting the cost per unit would make nuclear fuel far more competitive with gas and coal.
3if a process is competitive, people have to compete with each other and those who do best will be successful
Administrative service members are recruited through an annual competitive examination.
com·pet·i·tive adjectiveadj
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IELTS BNC: 2363 COCA: 2307
competitive

adjective

VERBS | ADVERB | PREPOSITION VERBS➤be有競爭力▸➤become變得有競爭力▸➤remain, stay仍然有競爭力▸➤make sth使⋯具有競爭力◇skills training to make our industries more competitive in world markets使我們各個行業在世界市場上更具競爭力的技能培訓➤keep sth使⋯保持競爭力ADVERB➤extremely, fairly, very, etc.極其／相當／非常有競爭力◇a very competitive person競爭意識很強的人➤brutally, fiercely, highly, intensely競爭極慘烈的；激烈對抗的；具有高度對抗性的；極具競爭力的◇a fiercely competitive sport具有激烈對抗性的體育運動◇highly competitive prices非常有競爭力的價格➤increasingly越來越有競爭力的➤globally, internationally具有全球競爭力的；具有國際競爭力的➤economically經濟上有競爭力的PREPOSITION➤with有能力與⋯競爭的◇Investment in research is needed to keep us competitive with other countries.要保持與其他國家的競爭力，我們需要在研究方面投入資金。
IELTS BNC: 2363 COCA: 2307
competitive adj.
⇨ aggressive 2 (a strong competitive streak) ⇨ cheap (competitive prices)
IELTS BNC: 2363 COCA: 2307
competitive
Words used to describe competitive situations: against the run of play, comfortable, competitive...
Cheap and inexpensive: cheap, economic, competitive...
Words used to describe businesses and companies: accredited, agile, all-night...
Determined and ambitious: determined, ambitious, persistent...

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