中式英語(yǔ)之鑒:同時(shí)愛(ài)上海倫使這兩個(gè)好朋友成了情敵

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273. 同時(shí)愛(ài)上海倫使這兩個(gè)好朋友成了情敵。
    [誤] Falling in love with Helen simultaneously makes these two good friends become competitors in love.
    [正] Falling in love with Helen simultaneously makes these two good friends become rivals in love.
    注:rival in love 是固定搭配。而且,competitor 多用于比賽等特定環(huán)境中的競(jìng)爭(zhēng)對(duì)手,而 rival 的使用范圍則較
    為寬泛與籠統(tǒng)。例如:business rival(商業(yè)上的競(jìng)爭(zhēng)對(duì)手);a violinist without rivals(無(wú)與倫比的小提琴家)等。