emulate和compete with 的区别

题目

emulate和compete with 的区别
It is no secret that the two professors are emulating each other.词句中为何不能用competing with?

答案

虽然英汉字典里“竞争”是 emulate 的几个不同意思中的一个,但“竞争”不是 emulate 的正常翻译.
原句的 emulate 的意思是 “模仿”,"模仿并试图超越", 这和 compete with （竞争）意思不同.
两者的区别可以从下面例句看到：
One way late comers compete with technological incumbents is by emulating the best-selling products of these successful companies.
迟来者与技术的现任赢家竞争的方法之一是模仿并试图超越这些成功的公司的最畅销产品.