意思不同、用法不同。compete with是和...競(jìng)爭(zhēng)，后加競(jìng)爭(zhēng)對(duì)象。compete against是反對(duì)某人，與...抗?fàn)帲c...競(jìng)爭(zhēng)，后加對(duì)抗對(duì)象。

compete的基本意思是“力圖取勝”,指在比賽、辯論等有競(jìng)爭(zhēng)活動(dòng)中為征服或取勝而進(jìn)行的努力,常暗示有獎(jiǎng)賞刺激物。

compete是不及物動(dòng)詞,接against表示“與…對(duì)抗”,接for表示“奪取…”,接with表示“對(duì)…抗?fàn)帯薄?/p>compete的短語(yǔ)

compete against(v.+prep.)

與…抗?fàn)?struggle against sb or sth with hope of success

The firm is too small to compete against large international companies.這個(gè)公司太小,不能與大跨國(guó)公司競(jìng)爭(zhēng)。

compete for (v.+prep.)

比賽…奪取 try to win sth in competition with sb else

Firms from across the country may compete for the contract.全國(guó)各地的公司都可能為承攬這項(xiàng)合同而競(jìng)爭(zhēng)。

compete with (v.+prep.)

與…抗?fàn)?struggle against sb or sth with hope of success

〔說(shuō)明〕 compete with常不用于進(jìn)行體。

We try to make the trains run on time, but we can't compete with weather.我們努力使火車準(zhǔn)點(diǎn)運(yùn)行,但我們抗?fàn)幉贿^(guò)天氣。