1590s; from rival + -ry. Shakespeare has rivality ("Antony and Cleopatra"), but from the secondary sense of the root word and meaning "partnership, equality in rank."
实用例句
1. It was Allen who fired this rivalry with real passion.
是艾伦为这场较量注入了激情。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Despite their bitter screen rivalry, off-stage they are close friends.
虽然他们在银幕上是誓不两立的对手，在现实生活中却是至交。
来自柯林斯例句
3. a fierce rivalry for world supremacy
夺取世界霸权的激烈竞争
来自《权威词典》
4. The quarrel originated in rivalry between the two families.
