competitive

a game of football used as a metaphor for the competitive struggle of life

用来喻指生活中的激烈斗争的一场足球比赛

If our industry is to remain competitive it must mean keeping a lid on prices.

我们的行业要想保持竞争力，就必须对价格加以控制。

It's hard to maintain competitive pricing.

维持具有竞争力的定价非常困难。

You have to be highly competitive to do well in sport these days.

如今你必须有强烈的竞争意识才能在体育运动中取得好成绩。

He is respected as a very aggressive and competitive executive.

他是一位锐意进取、竞争意识很强的主管，颇受尊敬。

The prestigious title offered a gateway to success in the highly competitive world of modelling.

在竞争异常激烈的模特界，这一享有盛誉的头衔打开了通往成功的大门。

These days he is ferociously competitive.

这些天来他极其争强好胜。

Japan is a highly competitive market system.

日本实行竞争激烈的市场体制。

The betting is that the experience will make Japan more competitive still.

这场经历很有可能使日本更具竞争力。

GATT member countries have largely agreed to replace expensive and inefficient protectionist policies with a competitive free market system for world trade.

关贸总协定的成员国已大体上同意在全球贸易中用竞争性的自由市场体制取代代价高且效率低的保护主义政策。

We need to increase productivity. We need to reduce unemployment. And finally, we need to make our exports competitive on world markets.

我们需要增加生产率, 减少失业率, 最后我们需要使我们的出口产品在国际市场上具有竞争力.

We are having to cut our costs to reduce overheads and remain competitive.

我们现在必须减少开支以降低营运费用，保持竞争力。

The bank has to butter up investors because it is in a fiercely competitive market.

由于市场竞争激烈，银行不得不去讨好投资者。

The company say they're able to keep pricing competitive.

该公司说他们能够使定价保持竞争力。

Some kinds of business are competitive.

有些商业是要竞争的.

They priced coal out of the competitive market.

他们把煤价定得太高而被挤出竞争激烈的市场.

He is a competitive athlete.

他是位竞技意识强的运动员.

He did not particularly want to take up a competitive sport.

他并不特别想从事竞技体育运动。

Are your products and services competitive? How about marketing?

你们的产品和服务有竞争力吗？营销又怎么样呢？

Because of the high exchange rate, our products have lost their competitive edge.

由于汇率很高, 我们的产品失去了竞争优势.

Business is a competitive activity. It is very fierce and very unforgiving.

商场如战场，竞争激烈，不近人情。

Through superior production techniques they were able to gain the competitive edge.

凭借先进的生产技术，他们得以占据竞争优势。

This is the latest round of job cuts aimed at making the company more competitive.

这是旨在增强公司竞争力的新一轮裁员。

He has always been ambitious and fiercely competitive.

他一直都雄心勃勃，而且极其好胜。

Only by keeping down costs will America maintain its competitive advantage over other countries.

只有通过控制成本，美国才能保持对其他国家的竞争优势。

UK companies face a stark choice if they want to stay competitive.

英国公司如果想要保持竞争力就不得不面对严峻的选择。

These businessmen are both competitive and honourable.

这些商人既有竞争性又很诚实.

The company needs to improve its competitive edge.

公司必须提高它的竞争力。

They priced oil out of the competitive market.

他们把油价定得过高而被挤出竞争剧烈的市场.

Only those homes offered for sale at competitive prices will secure interest from serious purchasers.

只有那些价格优惠的住房才会引起真想买房的人的兴趣。