vie

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishvievie /vaɪ/ verb (vied, vying, vies) [intransitive] COMPETE WITH/TRY TO BEATto compete very hard with someone in order to get somethingvie for Simon and Julian were vying for her attention all through dinner.vie with There are at least twenty restaurants vying with each other for custom.vie to do something All the photographers vied to get the best pictures.→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusvie• As the vultures vie for space, the ravens cling to the edges.• No new politician has come to the fore, so others vie to fill the vacuum.• Newly powerful pollsters and image makers vie to present their candidate as trustworthy and the opposition as a threat.• He vies with Alexander in polls.• Cities vied with each other to build more beautiful towers.vie to do something• Other reactionary politicians vie to appropriate historical symbols of pre-communist antiquity.• The papers have vied to meet ever-later deadlines: The Times produced two 6am editions which were sold to commuters into London.• Newly powerful pollsters and image makers vie to present their candidate as trustworthy and the opposition as a threat.Origin vie (1500-1600) Old French envier “to invite, challenge”, from Latin invitare; → INVITE1

单词	vie
释义	vie From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishvievie /vaɪ/ verb (vied, vying, vies) [intransitive] COMPETE WITH/TRY TO BEATto compete very hard with someone in order to get somethingvie for Simon and Julian were vying for her attention all through dinner.vie with There are at least twenty restaurants vying with each other for custom.vie to do something All the photographers vied to get the best pictures.→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusvie• As the vultures vie for space, the ravens cling to the edges.• No new politician has come to the fore, so others vie to fill the vacuum.• Newly powerful pollsters and image makers vie to present their candidate as trustworthy and the opposition as a threat.• He vies with Alexander in polls.• Cities vied with each other to build more beautiful towers.vie to do something• Other reactionary politicians vie to appropriate historical symbols of pre-communist antiquity.• The papers have vied to meet ever-later deadlines: The Times produced two 6am editions which were sold to commuters into London.• Newly powerful pollsters and image makers vie to present their candidate as trustworthy and the opposition as a threat.Origin vie (1500-1600) Old French envier “to invite, challenge”, from Latin invitare; → INVITE1
随便看	in attack in August in authority in awe in back in back in back (of something) in back of in bad faith in basket in battle in bed in behalf of in behalf of somebody in between in between in bewilderment in big trouble in black and white in bloom in blossom in bondage in bounds in bounds of bounds in bounds/out of bounds