They were scheming to outdo one another, to rob weaker contemporaries, to destroy rivals, so that they might for a brief interval swagger. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
At every court there were groups of ministers and secretaries who played a Machiavellian game against their foreign rivals. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
He was determined to make a fortune out of cotton-spinning, and he did, in spite of the loss of his patents, and the rivals who were always pursuing him. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰.历史性发明.
Come, we will not be rivals, we will be friends, he pursued. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.维莱特.
They knew their rivals were unscrupulous, and were in fact already trying their best to prejudice the minds of the more conservative Georgia cotton-growers against them. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰.历史性发明.
The envy of rivals soon spread false reports about him, and the professors at Pisa refused to accept the results of his studies. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰.历史性发明.
As there were not enough of his gins ready rivals were pushing their inferior machines. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰.历史性发明.
The play--a mere trifle--ran chiefly on the efforts of a brace of rivals to gain the hand of a fair coquette. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.维莱特.
Judges were appointed to decide as to the merits of the different machines, and in most of the tests McCormick’s reaper outdistanced all its rivals. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰.历史性发明.
She took the congratulations of her rivals and of the rest of the company with the simplicity that was her crowning grace. 伊迪丝·华顿.纯真年代.
This free competition, too, obliges all bankers to be more liberal in their dealings with their customers, lest their rivals should carry them away. 亚当·斯密.国富论.
Oh, said Archer, I have so many rivals; you see she's already surrounded. 伊迪丝·华顿.纯真年代.
The stars are not the rivals of the sun. 弗格斯·休姆.奇幻岛.
The State that rivals Virginia as a Mother of Presidents has evidently other titles to distinction of the same nature. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔.爱迪生的生平和发明.
He was scheming to make himself a real emperor, with a crown upon his head and all his rivals and school-fellows and friends at his feet. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
His rivals combined and raised a great fund to defeat his claims. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰.历史性发明.
With the invention of the twine-binder the patent war burst out afresh, and again the courts were called upon for decisions between the rivals. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰.历史性发明.
The manufacturers of a rich nation, in the same manner, may no doubt be very dangerous rivals to those of their neighbours. 亚当·斯密.国富论.
He would instruct his agents to issue invitations to his rivals to meet him in competition. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰.历史性发明.
Like her rivals, said Mr. Sillerton Jackson, with the air of producing an epigram. 伊迪丝·华顿.纯真年代.
They were not lofty, but having no rivals near, they looked well and imposing where they grew. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.雪莉.