核心畫面
You can picture 'competition' as several people all reaching for the same prize at once — only some can get it, so each one is trying to come out ahead of the rest.
可以想成一群人同時伸手去搶同一個目標——名額或獎只有那麼多，所以每個人都在設法超過別人、跑在前面。這個「大家爭著要、…更多收起
可以想成一群人同時伸手去搶同一個目標——名額或獎只有那麼多，所以每個人都在設法超過別人、跑在前面。這個「大家爭著要、但不是人人都拿得到」的畫面，就是 competition 各種用法的共同底色。原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
competitionnoun/ˌkɒm.pəˈtɪʃ.ən/
- 1
The action of competing.
- The competition for this job is strong.
- Several firms are in competition for the contract.
- 2
A contest for a prize or award.
- The newspaper is featuring a competition to win a car.
- 3
The competitors in such a contest.
- The new stain remover was ten times more effective than the competition.
- Japanese retail stores have strove to, and have succeeded in, fulfilling these severe demands, and in doing so, have constantly had to innovate both technologically and institutionally in order to keep up with the competition.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。