who may in fact be intensely rivalrous and competitive with one another

他们可能事实上是竞争对手
for positions of political office and honor.

或为了政治职位或荣誉相互处于竞争之中
Civic friendship, civic philia is in other word

公民友谊或称为公民"philia"
not without a strong element of what might be thought of

并非不具有其他关系中的激烈竞争因素
as sibling rivalry in which each citizen strives to

如兄弟姐妹之间在公民关系中
outdo the others for the sake of the civic good.

每个公民相互竞争以谋求城邦的政体善
Many of you have siblings

你们中的很多人都有兄弟姐妹
and know a little bit about what sibling rivalry is like.

知道一点兄弟姐妹间的竞争是什么样的
Siblings, as everyone knows, may be the best of friends,

如大家所知兄弟姐妹能成为最好的朋友
but this does not exclude strong elements of competition,

但是这并不排斥竞争的激烈因素
rivalry, and even conflict for the attention of the parents,

对抗甚至发生冲突以引起父母注意
and fellow citizens, for Aristotle, are like siblings,

对亚里士多德而言城邦公民就如兄弟姐妹