1·Several companies are competing for the contract.
为得到那项合同，几家公司正在竞争。
—— 《牛津词典》
2·Hardware shops are competing fiercely for business.
各五金店正在为抢生意而激烈竞争。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
3·The market for which they are competing is still unformed.
他们竞争的市场尚未成型。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
4·Five other cities had been competing for the honour of staging the Games.
另外五个城市一直在为赢得该运动会的举办权而相互竞争。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
5·Right, they are competing, like a game, like the frogs.
是的，他们在竞争，就像一场游戏，比如这些青蛙。
1·The host country provides vast facilities, including a stadium, swimming pools and living accommodation, but competing countries pay their own athletes' expenses.
主办国提供巨大的设施，包括体育馆、游泳池和食宿，但参赛的国家自行支付各自运动员的费用。
2·Although she could still wind up competing at the Olympics, Davies says that every passing day makes it more likely that Afghanistan will have no women at the Games.
虽然安黛儿也许还在积极备战，但是随着时间一天天过去，阿富汗参赛选手包括女性的机会越来越小了。
3·Competing again during the summer, he won the most MEDALS at the world aquatics championships in Rome.
他在今年夏天复出参赛，在罗马世界游泳锦标赛中，再度成为获得奖牌最多的选手。
4·Competing snails must reach the edge of the table once set down in the middle.
参赛的蜗牛都被放在桌子中央，先到达桌子边缘的获胜。
5·I'll be watching closely in the remaining days, particularly for those athletes with Arkansas ties who are still competing.
我将继续密切关注余下的赛程，特别是那些仍在参赛的与阿肯色州有关的运动员们。
1·By competing with rodents for seeds, black ants help control rodent populations that pose a public health risk.
通过与啮齿动物争夺种子，黑蚂蚁有助于控制啮齿动物的数量，这些啮齿动物会对公众健康构成威胁。
2·Yet, barring economic disaster in large emerging markets, an army of consumers competing for raw materials will continue to emerge.
然而，除非大型新兴市场发生经济灾难，否则还将有大量的消费者争夺原材料。
3·Charities are also competing for money from a donor base that is contracting because of mergers and bankruptcies.
由于兼并和破产，慈善业也要努力从签订了合同的捐赠者基金会里争夺钱款。
4·Most of the rest is nominally federal land, but in practice is up for grabs: title deeds are forged, people are killed and deforestation accelerates because of competing claims.
剩下的所谓联邦土地却实际是可以公开投标的：产权证书是伪造的，有人因此被杀，而森林的砍伐速度却因产权争夺而加快了。
5·A more immediate worry is the cacophony of competing interests exposed by the downturn.
一个更加直接的担忧是，经济衰退背景下各方争夺利益之音不绝于耳。