奪い合い

うばいあい【奪い合い】

*scramble

［a ～］〔…の〕奪い合い〔for〕

a scramble for the seats 席の奪い合い

scrabble

［a ～］ 奪い合い.

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うばいあい【奪い合い】

a scramble 《for possession of…》; a struggle [fight] 《to grab sth [get more of sth than others, get sth before others]》.

●予算の奪い合い a struggle [scramble] for a (bigger) share of a budget

・座席の奪い合い a scramble for seats

・票の奪い合い a fight [struggle, scramble] for votes

・財産の奪い合い a scramble over property [an estate].

●わが家ではいつもチャンネルの奪い合いが生じる. There's always a fight in our family over TV channels.

●奪い合いになる turn into [become, develop into] a scramble [struggle] 《for sth》

・バーゲンセールでは目玉商品はいつも激しい奪い合いになる. At a bargain sale, people always scramble wildly to grab themselves a loss leader.

・彼らの対立はやがて土地所有権の奪い合いにまで発展した. Their antagonism eventually developed into a struggle over title to the land.

●奪い合いをする ＝うばいあう

・ライバル店は互いに顧客の奪い合いをするのが常である. The competing shops invariably vie with one another for customers.

●〔サッカーで〕 ゴール前でのボールの奪い合いは熾烈を極めた. The struggle for the ball in front of the goalposts was very fierce.