单词 | vice versa |
释义 | vice versa (once / 3050 pages) adv Use the adverb vice versa as another way of saying “the other way around.” Usually moms make breakfast for their kids, but on Mother’s Day it’s vice versa. This time you're doing the cooking for your mom! When you use vice versa, you’re indicating that the two things you’ve been talking about previously switch positions in the sentence. Instead of saying, “Penguins can’t live where flamingos live, and flamingos can’t live where penguins live,” you can just say, “Penguins can’t live where flamingos live, and vice versa.” WORD FAMILYvice versa USAGE EXAMPLESCurry in this one, with Stephen guarding brother Seth and vice versa for short stints. Washington Times(Dec 31, 2016) “If shareholders do not like the pay a woman is receiving as C.E.O., they should simply sell the stock, and vice versa,” she said. New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) Beauty is not attractiveness and vice versa, though we commonly confuse the two. The Guardian(Dec 28, 2016) adv with the order reversed she hates him and vice versa Syn contrariwise, the other way around |
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