an organization or country that is engaged in commercial or economic competition with others (商业或经济上的)竞争对手,竞争者 our main industrial competitors. 我们的主要工业竞争对手。 ■a person who takes part in a sporting contest (体育竞赛)参赛者,比赛者
语源
early 16th cent.: from French compétiteur or Latin competitor, from competit- 'striven for' (see competition)