汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 较劲
较劲 (較勁)
to match one's strength with / to compete / more competitive / to set oneself against sb / disobliging / to make a special effort
(~儿)〈动〉❶(-∥-)比力气;较量高低:他们几个你追我赶,暗中较上了劲儿。❷作对;闹别扭;对着干:这天真~,你越是需要雨,它越是不下。❸指特别需要发挥作用或使用力气:眼下是三夏时期,正是~的时候。‖也作叫劲。
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

私底下,我暗暗与她较劲

Secretly, I emulated her.

惟一的良性攀比是跟自己的潜力较劲

The only good comparison is comparing yourself against your own potential7.

别跟他较劲了。他是一根筋,你还不知道?

Stop reasoning with him. Don't you know he is one track minded?

两个邻居,鲍勃和比尔,彼此一直较劲了四十余年。

Two neighbors, Bob and Bill, had been fighting each other for four decades.

我们想买下那几把椅子,但另一对夫妇在同我们较劲出价。

We wanted to buy the chairs but another couple were bidding against us.

但购房人通常要耐下性子和贷款银行负责短售业务的相关人员相互较劲

Before the actual foreclosure, you make an offer to buy the property for less than the mortgage loan.

有一幅巨大的壁画也极为令人触动,它表现的是两名马夫正在与一匹不愿动弹的漂亮白马较劲

One of the most moving is a larger painting of two grooms struggling to lead a beautiful white horse who does not want to move.