中式英語之鑑:同時愛上海倫使這兩個好朋友成了情敵

273. 同時愛上海倫使這兩個好朋友成了情敵。

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[誤] Falling in love with Helen simultaneously makes these two good friends become competitors in love.

[正] Falling in love with Helen simultaneously makes these two good friends become rivals in love.

注：rival in love 是固定搭配。而且，competitor 多用於比賽等特定環境中的競爭對手，而 rival 的使用範圍則較
爲寬泛與籠統。例如：business rival（商業上的競爭對手)；a violinist without rivals（無與倫比的小提琴家）等。