competition
英 [kɒmpɪ'tɪʃ(ə)n]
美 [,kɑmpə'tɪʃən]
語源
英語の語源
- competition (n.)
- c. 1600, "action of competing," from Latin competitionem (nominative competitio) "agreement, rivalry," noun of action from past participle stem of competere (see compete). Meaning "a contest for something" is from 1610s. Sense of "rivalry in the marketplace" attested from 1793; that of "entity or entities with which one competes" is from 1961, especially in business.
例文
- 1. Malvolio becomes,in default of competition ,the play 's moral centre.
- ライバルがいないので、当然、マボリオはこのドラマの道徳の核心になった。
- 2.The very notion of price competition is foreign to many schools.
- 価格競争という概念は多くの学校ではなじみがありません。
- 3.Moreau took gold in the five-kilometre individual pursuit competition .
- モロが個人5キロ追い抜きで金メダルを獲得した。
- 4.The movie industry had chosen to ignore the encroaching competition of television.
- 映画業界は故意にテレビ業界の侵害競争を無視している。
- 5.That would make the competition between rival suppliers even deadlier.
- それは対立するサプライヤー間の競争をより激しくすることになる。
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