■ competition

不但指“竞争”，而且可以指“竞争对手”的整体。

• Taxpayers were unwittingly subsidizing an agency that was ten times less efficient than its competition. (Dan Brown, Deception Point, p.249)纳税人不知不觉地出钱津贴一个效率比竞争者低十倍的机构。
• Wal-Mart was notorious for moving into a new territory, selling products below market value, and driving all local competition out of business. (Ibid., pp.249-250)沃尔玛有一个恶名昭彰的“高招”，就是进入一个新领域，然后以低于市场价值的价格抛售产品，把当地所有的竞争者都赶走。