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单词 vice versa
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Definition of vice versa in English:

vice versa

adverb vʌɪsə ˈvəːsəˌvʌɪs ˈvəːsəˌvaɪs(ə) ˈvərsə
  • With the main items in the preceding statement the other way round.

    cruise from Cairo to Aswan or vice versa
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I wanted HIM to come running to ME, not vice versa.
    • It was now both of their turns to watch out, so as Megan stepped she would look down the hall on Marvolo's side and vice versa.
    • You can only compose if you understand how to conduct and vice versa.
    • Please view the italics as simply the opposite of the regular format, and vice versa.
    • But Clay knows I know him better than anyone else possibly could, and vice versa.
    • I don't have a bone to pick with them and vice versa.
    • Yuki introduced Kisho to everyone and vice versa.
    • Everett knew everything about her, and vice versa.
    Synonyms
    conversely, inversely, the other way round, contrariwise, oppositely, in reverse, reciprocally

Origin

Early 17th century: from Latin, literally 'in-turned position'.

  • This is an English use of a Latin phrase meaning literally ‘the position being reversed’.

Rhymes

bursar, converser, curser, cursor, disburser, mercer, purser, rehearser, reverser
 
 

Definition of vice versa in US English:

vice versa

adverbˌvīs(ə) ˈvərsəˌvaɪs(ə) ˈvərsə
  • With the main items in the preceding statement the other way around.

    science must be at the service of man, and not vice versa
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It was now both of their turns to watch out, so as Megan stepped she would look down the hall on Marvolo's side and vice versa.
    • I wanted HIM to come running to ME, not vice versa.
    • You can only compose if you understand how to conduct and vice versa.
    • Everett knew everything about her, and vice versa.
    • Please view the italics as simply the opposite of the regular format, and vice versa.
    • I don't have a bone to pick with them and vice versa.
    • Yuki introduced Kisho to everyone and vice versa.
    • But Clay knows I know him better than anyone else possibly could, and vice versa.
    Synonyms
    conversely, inversely, the other way round, contrariwise, oppositely, in reverse, reciprocally

Origin

Early 17th century: from Latin, literally ‘in-turned position’.

 
 
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