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The Competitive Friend
Personality Profile for The Competitive Friend
Step 1: What She'll Do(你的朋友總是這樣)
Competitive friend will try to out-do you in every area of your life. You'd think that because you're best friends she'd curtail her natural instinct to compete with you but in reality it just makes her worse.
She might be your work colleague, school friend, even your oldest mate, but if you buy those shoes you've had your eye on, she'll go and get a more expensive pair. Introduce her to your hot new boyfriend, and she'll produce her own, better looking one. Get a great new job? Guess what - hers is better. Lose a few pounds? She'll shed even more
Step 2: What You Can Do(怎樣和這種朋友相處)
The Competitor may find it impossible to curb her annoying completive nature. So, if you want to stay friends with her, you're gonna have to sit through her brags and boasts and accept that she's not interested in hearing about your life. But if you just can't face it and want out, watch "How to dump a friend" and kick her competitive arse out!
【詞匯講解】
1.Competitive adj. 競爭的,比賽的
如:The banks are lending money at a competitive rate of interest.
銀行競相以低利率貸款。
It's getting very competitive in the car industry.
汽車工業(yè)方面的競爭日益加劇。
2.out-do vt. 超過,勝過
如:He has outdone all his rivals in skill.
他在技巧方面勝過所有的對手。
She outdid all her classmates.
她超過她的所有同班同學。
3.curtail vt. 縮減,削減,截短
如:John's father curtail his allowance.
約翰的父親減少了他的零用錢。
Illness has curtailed her sporting activities.
她因病而減少了體育活動。
4.completive adj. 完成的