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emulationn.
1 . envy of rivals,jealousy （对手的）妒忌，嫉妒。
△As. 4.1.11 (10): “I have neither the scholar’s melancholy,which is emulation；”我没有学者的忧愁，那就是争胜。
2. jealous rivalry,envious quarrel,contention be-tween rivals,factious strife竞争，互相妒忌的争吵，倾轧，派系斗争。
△R.III. 2. 3. 25: “For emulation who shallnow be nearest / Will touch us all too near，”因为派系间关于谁血缘关系最近的争执对我们大家的影响可就太密切了。factious emulations: partisan contentions派别之争
△1H.VI.4.1.112:“When for so slight and frivolousa cause / Such factious emulations shall arise!”为了点无聊的琐事竟引起了这样的派别争斗！
worthless emulation: unworthy rivalry,contemptiblecontention 无价值的竞争，可鄙的倾轧。
△1H.VI.4.4.20:“You,his false hopes,the trust of England’shonour,/ Keep off aloof with worthless emulation.”你身为英格兰荣誉的监护人，却使他希望落空，为了卑劣的勾心斗角而见死不救。 |