He believed that nobody could compete with/against him.

他认为没有人能和他竞争。

More than 1,000 competitors took part in the competition to compete for the first prize.

1 000多名选手参加了争夺一等奖的比赛。

He has now competed in two Olympics.

他已经参加过两届奥运会了。

高手过招

(1)单项填空

Our athletes will some games, such as running and wrestling. They have the hope to get some gold medals. （2009·12·江西南昌一中检测）

A. compete B. compete in

C. Join D. attend

(2)用方框内所给短语的适当形式填空 （原创）

compete with/compete against/compete for/compete in

①It's difficult for small markets to big ones.

②Will you the 100-metre race?

③The two athletes will the gold medal.

解析： (1) 选B。compete的意思是"竞技；比赛"，后面跟宾语时，用compete in表示"参加"；attend仅有"参加某项活动"的意思；表