1·Another wine fancier was Jefferson's political rival Aaron Burr, who maintained New York's most impressive cellar.
另一个葡萄酒的迷恋者是杰斐逊的政敌亚伦·伯尔，他拥有纽约最好的酒窖。
2·At age 17, however, Lin Shu's life turned upside down when his father's army was framed and obliterated by a scheming political rival.
然而，在林殊17岁时，他父亲带领的赤焰军遭奸人陷害，以致全军覆没，他的生活也从此天翻地覆。
3·With Cuicuilco eliminated as a potential rival, any one of a number of relatively modest towns might have emerged as a leading economic and political power in Central Mexico.
随着 Cuicuilco 作为一个潜在的竞争对手被淘汰，一些相对不太大的城镇中，任何一个都有可能成为墨西哥中部主要的经济和政治力量。
4·The rival political parties are already jockeying for power.
各反对党已经在不择手段地谋取权势了。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》