文有點長....下面是我上課時寫到的題目
15. A careful analysis of the___b____ products on the market indicated that
our product lacked innovation and optional features.
(A) compete (B) competed
(C) competing (D) competition
我原本選C，但老師說答案是B
以下是老師的解釋:
The word "competing and competed" are verbal adjectives derived from the verb
"compete."
Therefore:
Competed products
When “competed” is used as an adjective, it means "who/that is/are competed
over or hard to get."
The competed products = the products that are hard to get because everybody
wants to have it and compete for it.
Competing products
When competing is used as an adjective, it means "who/that is/are competing."
The competing products = the products that are competing with each other to
increase sales
我有問為什麼不能選C，(我真的覺得C感覺很合邏輯啊)老師說因為後面有講道自身產品的缺點，所以B會比C好。
但其實我自己有用google查了一下，查不到be competed over，想問大家，真的有這種用法嗎?C真的不可以嗎?

我覺得…他在講三小 XD

這題目源自Dr. Lin Lougheed的(BARRON'S) 600 .... TOEIC一書(我手頭的是第三版)。答案是B competinghttp://i.imgur.com/cirPBN4.png 題目http://i.imgur.com/to1vg2K.png 解答用Google Books(專找出版物)搜尋"competed products"，原則上是沒有（有出現個位數筆數。點開來看的話其實是OCRtypo)"competing products"本身是慣用表達http://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/competing

換個老師唄 XD

謝謝大家，應該是題目key錯，老師硬掰出來的解釋XD 其實我之前有因為老師一直說錯答案換老師了，這是第二個，沒想到還是…

competing:它主動來跟你競爭，一般都是用這個competed: 它在那裡，你跳下去跟它競爭，聽起來好像似乎可能也通？但是！要這樣用的話後面應該多接with！