单词
direct competitor
释义
direct competitornoun[C]uk
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apersonorbusinesswho iscompetingwith another tosellthe sameproductorservice:Thegovernmentagencyrejectedtheideathat thecombinedcompanieswouldharmcompetition,notingthat the twopartiesaren'tdirectcompetitors.The Californiaportsaredirectcompetitorswhen it comes to theSouthAmericanfruitmarket.(Definition ofdirect competitorfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary? Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofdirect competitor
direct competitorIt stays at 4-storey and is adirectcompetitorof nearby malls.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The mostdirectcompetitorof quicksort is heapsort.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He sees everyone else as adirectcompetitorand becomes extremely jealous whenever someone makes money.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Thirdly, it includes industrially produced alcohol, agricultural alcohol'sdirectcompetitor.FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - EnglishThedirectcompetitorof the ferries is the shuttle.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0It was intended to be adirectcompetitor, in all its aspects, of the private oil companies.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0It is making the board adirectcompetitorwith undertakings in their own areas.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0I reckon that about ￡140 million this year has been spent on the display advertising which appears in our daily newspapers against which television would be adirectcompetitor.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0It cannot be right that one industry in one area of the north-west has such a tremendous advantage over another industry located nearby, which is adirectcompetitor.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0Would it be fair if the estate agent was subject to the provisions of criminal law when he who is, in effect, hisdirectcompetitor, the builder, was not?From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/direct-competitor##
