中式英語之鑑:同時愛上海倫使這兩個好朋友成了情敵
273. 同時愛上海倫使這兩個好朋友成了情敵。
[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 多用於比賽等特定環境中的競爭對手,而 rival 的使用範圍則較
爲寬泛與籠統。例如:business rival(商業上的競爭對手);a violinist without rivals(無與倫比的小提琴家)等。