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单词 vis-à-vis
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
vis-à-vis /ˌvizəˈvi/USA pronunciation   adv. 
  1. face to face.

adj. 
  1. face-to-face.

prep. 
  1. in relation to:income vis-à-vis costs.
See -vis-.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
vis-à-vis  (vē′zə vē; Fr. vē za),USA pronunciation adv., adj., prep., n., pl. -vis 
    (-vēz; Fr. -vē).USA pronunciation 

adv. 
  1. face to face:They sat vis-à-vis at the table.

adj. 
  1. face-to-face:a vis-à-vis encounter.
  2. Currency[Numis.](of a coin) having two portraits facing each other.

prep. 
  1. in relation to;
    compared with:income vis-à-vis expenditures.
  2. facing;
    opposite:They were now vis-à-vis the most famous painting in the Louvre.

n. 
  1. a person face to face with or situated opposite to another:He offered a cigarette to his vis-à-vis.
  2. a date at a social affair:She introduced her vis-à-vis to the hostess.
  3. a person of equal authority, rank, or the like:my vis-à-vis in the Louisville office.
  4. a carriage in which the occupants sit face to face.
  5. Furnituretête-à-tête (def. 2).
  • French: face to face; see visage
  • 1745–55

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
vis-à-vis /ˌviːzɑːˈviː/ prep
  1. in relation to; regarding
  2. face to face with; opposite
adv , adj
  1. face to face; opposite
n ( pl vis-à-vis)
  1. a person or thing that is situated opposite to another
  2. a person who corresponds to another in office, capacity, etc; counterpart
Etymology: 18th Century: French, from vis face
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