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.
例文
1. They are now trying to compete on an equal footing.
彼らは今、公平に競争しようとしている。
2.Until the matter is resolved the athletes will be ineligible to compete .
この問題が解決されない限り、これらの選手は試合に参加する資格がない。
3.Schools should not compete with each other or attempt to poach pupils.
学校間で競い合うべきではなく、互いの生徒を引き出そうとするべきでもない。
4.Each year they compete in a prominent statewide bicycle race.
毎年有名な全州自転車大会に参加しています。
5.Small English orchards can hardly compete economically with larger French ones.