The Rivals
/ðə ˈraɪvlz/
/ðə ˈraɪvlz/
- a comic play (1775) by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, in which two young men are rivals for the love of the same young woman, Lydia Languish. The play's most famous character is Mrs Malaprop, who often confuses words that sound similar. Examples of this became known as malapropisms.
竞争对手：理查德·布林斯利·谢里丹（Richard Brinsley Sheridan）的喜剧片（1775年），其中两个年轻人是同一个年轻女子莉迪亚·朗格（Lydia Languish）的爱情的对手。剧中最著名的角色是马拉帕夫人，他经常混淆听起来相似的单词。这种情况的例子被称为无业行为。