rival什么意思英语

无以匹敌，没有对手的意思。理解成：他的字典问世后，几乎一个世纪都无人能及。

rival有仇敌的意思;competitor竞争者_多指竞技比赛.

rival:a person, organization, team, etc, that competes with another for the same object or in the same field对手, 竞争者 匹敌者, 对等的人[物]; 可与相比的东西 competitor:the contestant you hope to defeat; "he had respect for his rivals"; "he wanted to know what the competition was doing竞争者,运动员,比赛者

rival 英[ˈraɪvl] 美['raɪvl] n. 对手; 竞争者; vt. 与…竞争; 比得上某人; vi. 竞争; [例句]The world champion finished more than two seconds ahead of his nearest rival世界冠军领先第二名2秒多钟到达终点。[其他] 第三人称单数：rivals 复数：rivals 现在分词：rivalling 过去式：rivalled过去分词：rivalled

只从这句话来推测:他的字典出版之后，(其水平)在一个多世纪里无人能及(或者无可挑剔)。具体得看语境。