A: Have you seen the sales report for last quarter? Who do you think is our bigest threat?
　　B: From the numbers, it seems like Borest Inc. is our bigest competitor... Le'Ban and Markford are also major contenders in our market.
　　A: Le'Ban is the new kid on the block, it's amazing they've had such tremendous success so soon...With them on the scene, the competition is cutthrough, here is information about our competitors' recent market activities.
　　B: here's information about our competitor's recent market activities...
　　A: Thanks, this will be a big help in putting together next quarter's marketing strategies.With copetition this intense, we'll have to step up production even more. We need a price we can compete with.
　　F: We're in a very competative environment. It's sink or swimin this market.
　　M: Better start swimming! we've got to find a way to outsmart the other guys. I want a preliminarily srategic marketing plan on my desk by next Tuesday... the competition never sleeps and neither should we.
　　上一季度的銷售報(bào)告你看了嗎?你認(rèn)為誰(shuí)對(duì)我們的威脅最大?
　　從數(shù)字上看,好像博如斯特公司是我們最大的競(jìng)爭(zhēng)對(duì)手...雷班公司和馬克福特公司也是我們市場(chǎng)上的主要競(jìng)爭(zhēng)者.
　　雷班公司是剛剛起步的新公司,他們這么快就取得如此巨大的成功真是令人吃驚...由于他們的出現(xiàn),競(jìng)爭(zhēng)變得更加殘酷無(wú)情.
　　這里有一些我們對(duì)手最近的市場(chǎng)活動(dòng)信息......
　　謝謝,這對(duì)制訂下一級(jí)的銷售策略非常有幫助.鑒于競(jìng)爭(zhēng)如此激烈,我們更要加快生產(chǎn).我們需要一個(gè)有競(jìng)爭(zhēng)力的價(jià)格.
　　我們處在一個(gè)充滿競(jìng)爭(zhēng)的環(huán)境中,在這樣一個(gè)市場(chǎng)里不管成敗如何...
　　開(kāi)始順利就好!我們必須找到一種比其他家伙更聰明的辦法.下周二之前把初步戰(zhàn)略性銷售計(jì)劃放在我的辦公桌上...我們的對(duì)手從來(lái)不會(huì)打盹,我們也不應(yīng)該放松.
　　contender:a person who takes part in a competition or tries to win something 競(jìng)爭(zhēng)者;角逐者;爭(zhēng)奪者
　　Peter is a contender for a gold medal in the Olympics. 彼得是奧林匹克運(yùn)動(dòng)會(huì)金牌的爭(zhēng)奪者.
　　a leading/serious/strong contender for the party leadership 該黨領(lǐng)導(dǎo)權(quán)最重要的╱強(qiáng)勁的╱有實(shí)力的角逐者 intense:serious and often involving a lot of action in a short period of time 嚴(yán)肅緊張的;激烈的
　　intense competition/activity/speculation 激烈的競(jìng)爭(zhēng);緊張的活動(dòng);猖獗的投機(jī)活動(dòng)
　　step something up:to increase the amount, speed, etc. of something 增加,提高(數(shù)量、速度等)
　　He has stepped up his training to prepare for the race. 他為準(zhǔn)備那場(chǎng)賽跑加強(qiáng)了訓(xùn)練.