1、competitive

競爭的；角逐的

Only by keeping down costs will America maintain its competitive advantage over other countries.

只有通過控制成本，美國才能保持對其他國家的競爭優勢。

Japan is a highly competitive market system.

日本實行競爭激烈的市場體制。

好競爭的;好勝的

He has always been ambitious and fiercely competitive.

他一直都雄心勃勃，而且極其好勝。

I'm a very competitive person and I was determined not be beaten.

我非常要強，下定決心不能輸給別人。

(商品或服務)具有競爭力的

Only those homes offered for sale at competitive prices will secure interest from serious purchasers.

只有那些價格優惠的住房才會引起真想買房的人的興趣。

a travel company specialising in amazingly competitive rates for flights.

專門提供極優惠航班折扣的旅游公司

2、start out

起初是…

Daly was a fast-talking Irish-American who had started out as a salesman.

達利是個花言巧語的愛爾蘭裔美國人，最初是干推銷員的。

What started out as fun quickly became hard work.

起初好玩的事很快就變成了艱苦的工作。

從…開始;從…著手

We started out by looking at ways in which big projects such as railways could be financed by the private sector.

我們先研究了讓私營企業投資鐵路等大型項目的方式。

The child'll start out by making relatively few distinctions in the language.

孩子開始時不太能辨別語言中的差別。