プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
きそう【競う】
compete [contend] ((with a person for a thing))
我が国は通信技術で他国と競っている
Our country is competing with other countries for the lead in communication technologies.
友人たちは競って彼と商売で手を組もうとした
His friends vied with one another to be his business partner.