喜樂美語

核心畫面

Picture several people all reaching for the same prize at the same time, each wanting to grab it first or grab more than the rest. 'Competitive' is that stretched-toward-one-prize feeling — more than one side pulling for the same thing.

可以想成好幾個人同時伸手去搶同一個獎，每個人都想比別人先拿到、或拿得比別人多。competitive 就是那種一起朝…更多收起可以想成好幾個人同時伸手去搶同一個獎，每個人都想比別人先拿到、或拿得比別人多。competitive 就是那種一起朝同一個目標較勁的感覺——不只一方，都在往同一個東西使力。

From the word’s history

From Latin competere: com- 'together' + petere 'to strive, seek.' At root it is people striving toward the same thing side by side. 'Competitive' keeps that picture — more than one side reaching for one prize.

來自拉丁文 competere：com-「一起」加 petere「爭取、追求」。字根的畫面比較像一群人並肩朝同一個東西使力去搶。competitive 保留了這個畫面——不只一方，大家一起伸手要同一個獎。

etymonline.com/word/compete

From the picture

處在競爭裡（場域·價格）

同一個「一起搶一個獎」的畫面，這次不是形容一個人的性格，而是形容整個局面：有好幾方在裡面互相較勁。從「人想贏」擴到「場面本身就是在比輸贏」。

competitive (contest) · adjective · B2

Involving people, teams, or companies trying to win or do better than each other.

競爭性的 / 競賽的

Also in this word

competitive (personality) · adjective · B2

Wanting very much to be better or more successful than other people.

好勝的 / 競爭心強的

原始詞典資料5 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。

competitiveadj/kəmˈpɛt.ɪ.tɪv/

  • 1

    Of or pertaining to competition.

    • The final remnants of the competitive spirit between companies will be eliminated, and there is no reasonable prospect that the dull uniformity of standardisation will be offset by greater efficiency in operation.
    • Manchester United's Tom Cleverley impressed on his first competitive start and Lampard demonstrated his continued worth at international level in a performance that was little more than a stroll once England swiftly exerted their obvious authority.
  • 2

    Inclined to compete.

  • 3

    economicssciencesCapable of competing successfully.

  • 4

    biochemistrybiologychemistryRelating to the inhibition of the effects of a chemical substance by another substance competing with it for binding or bonding.

    • competitive antagonist
  • 5

    Cheap, especially used of quality products.

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。