【archrival】 - AEAS备考词汇

archrival

UK:  [.ɑː(r)tʃ'raɪv(ə)l]

US:  [.ɑrtʃ'raɪv(ə)l]

复数：archrivals  

1 . Rio, which had just taken on its current chief executive, Tom Albanese, was loth to entertain an offer from its archrival.
当时，力拓刚刚雇佣了现任的行政总裁，汤姆•阿尔巴内塞。力拓不情愿接受来自主要竞争对手的并购报价。

2 . After all, corporations make up archrival Microsoft's traditional customer base and a potentially lucrative new revenue stream for Google.
毕竟，企业客户是谷歌的主要对手微软的传统客户群，而且也有望成为谷歌新的收入来源。

3 . Its market capitalisation again almost matches that of Microsoft, its archrival for many years (see chart 1).
它的市场再投资几乎与其多年的竞争对手微软相匹敌。（见图表1）。

4 . UBS, its Swiss archrival, has recently followed suit by launching its own "wealth management campus" in Singapore.
它的瑞士劲敌瑞银集团最近亦步亦趋，在新加坡推出了自己的“财富管理学院”。

5 . to archrival might need the Internet or Star Wars-scale financial, human inputs, only a fool to do so.
要成气候，可能需要互联网或星球大战规模的资金、人力的投入，只有傻瓜才这样做。