miàn / duì / duì / fāng / de / qiáng / dà / bèi / jǐng / jìng / zhēng / zhě / duō / shǎo / yǒu / xiē / jì / dàn

面对对方的强大背景，竞争者多少有些忌惮。

Faced with the other side's powerful connections, the competitors were somewhat apprehensive.