大全192 问rival的固定用法

dearjane

192.        By the mid-seventeenth century, Amsterdam had built a new town hall so large that only St. Peter’s in Rome, the Escorial in Spain, and the Palazza Ducale in Venice could rival it for scale or magnificence.

(A) could rival it for

(B) were the rivals of it in their

(C) were its rival as to

(D) could be its rivals in their（A）

(E) were rivaling its

A rival B for sth, 这是一个固定用法么？还是要从其他角度来考虑选项呢？

Thank YOU！

xaquarius

rival: （in 金山词霸）

v.tr.（及物动词）
To attempt to equal or surpass.
与…竞争：试图匹敌或越过
To be the equal of; match:
与…相匹敌；比得上：

Ships can't rival planes for speed.
船的速度比不上飞机。

再说，for 好像有一个含义表示 在。。。方面，不过没查到，but anyway,应该解答了楼主的疑问。

dearjane

很感谢，看来以后我也要多抱抱字典才行

52element

RIVAl做名词的用法呢？