competition
意味一覧 (2件)
競争
解説 Definition
市場・就職・受験などで、同じ利益や地位を狙う相手がいるために生じる「競い合いの状態」を表す名詞です。大会そのものではなく、価格、顧客、人材、評価などをめぐる圧力や張り合いに焦点があります。
Competition is the situation in which people, companies, or groups try to get the same thing, such as customers, jobs, places, or higher status. It focuses on the pressure and rivalry between people who want similar benefits or goals. In many contexts, it does not mean a formal event, but the ongoing struggle to do better than others.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
この語義では、competition を数えられるイベントではなく、周囲に競争相手がいて楽に勝てない状況として捉えると定着します。competition for customers なら「顧客を奪い合う環境」、competition among students なら「生徒同士の競争関係」です。a competition と言うと大会を指しやすい一方、much competition や fierce competition のように量・激しさで表すと、社会や市場にある競争圧を表せます。
For this meaning, think of competition not as a countable event but as a situation where other people are around you and it is not easy to win. Competition for customers means an environment where businesses try to attract the same customers. Competition among students means a competitive relationship between the students themselves. Phrases like much competition or fierce competition often show this kind of pressure in society or the market.
例文
There is strong competition for jobs at that company.
その会社の仕事をめぐって激しい競争がある。
Online stores face fierce competition for customers every day.
ネット通販の店は毎日、顧客をめぐる激しい競争にさらされている。
Too much competition among students can create a lot of stress.
生徒同士の競争が強すぎると、大きなストレスを生むことがある。
競技会、大会
(意味 2)解説 Definition
参加者が決められた種目や課題で実力を比べ、順位・賞・優勝者を決める催しを指す名詞です。水泳大会、作文コンクール、料理コンテストなど、開催される一回のイベントとして使う点が中心です。
Competition is an event or situation in which people or groups try to win by doing something better than others. It is often used for sports, games, school events, and business. The word can also describe the general idea of trying to be more successful than others.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
competition をこの語義で読む時は、抽象的な競い合いではなく、一回の催しとしての「大会・コンテスト」を思い浮かべます。a music competition、a cooking competition、a swimming competition のように、参加者が集まり、作品・演技・成績を比べて賞や順位を決める場です。enter a competition「大会に参加する」も頻出。championship や tournament より広く、学校行事や地域イベントにも使える一般的な語です。
Here, `competition` means an organized event where people compare their work or performance. Think of `a music competition`, `a cooking competition`, or `a swimming competition`. People enter it, judges or results decide the winner, and prizes or ranks are often involved. It is a broad event word, wider than `championship` or `tournament`.
例文
She entered a national swimming competition and won first place.
彼女は全国水泳大会に出場し、1位になった。
The cooking competition attracted talented chefs from across the country.
その料理大会には全国から腕利きの料理人が集まった。
Students were encouraged to join the science competition to develop their skills.
生徒たちは力を伸ばすため、その科学競技会に参加するよう勧められた。
competition の語源・成り立ち Etymology
competition はラテン語 com-「共に」+ petere「求める・目指す」から来た語です。もとは「同じものを一緒に求めること」で、そこから相手と張り合う「競争」の意味になりました。compete や petition も petere の仲間です。
Competition comes from Latin com- meaning "together" and petere meaning "to seek" or "to aim at." It originally suggested people seeking the same thing together, and this later developed into the idea of rivalry. Compete and petition come from the same petere root.
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