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Vie Word Shortened Version Envie French English Ultimately

正面 8555.vie
英 [vaɪ]美 [vaɪ]

背面
释义:
vi. 争;竞争vt. 使针锋相对;提出...来竞争;以...作较量n. (Vie)人名;(英)维
例句:
1. In hospitals, business plans vie with patients for doctors' attention.在医院,经营方针和病人都是医生所要关心的。

1. invite => vie.2. Vie is ultimately the same word as invite. It is a shortened version of the now defunct envie (Old French version of invite, from Latin) 'make a challenge'.3. which meant 'challenge' as well as 'invite'.4. 谐音“外”---你不服是不是?咱们到外边儿去比划比划。
vie 竞争缩写自拉丁语invitare,挑战,竞争,词源同invite.
vievie: [15] Vie is ultimately the same word as invite. It is a shortened version of the now defunct envie ‘make a challenge’, which came via Old French envier from Latin invītāre (source of English invite), a word of uncertain origin which meant ‘challenge’ as well as ‘invite’.=> invitevie (v.)1560s, "to bet, make a bet," (literally "make a vie, the noun attested from 1530s in cards), especially in card-playing, "to wager the value of one's hand against an opponent's," shortened form of Middle English envie "make a challenge," from Old French envier "compete (against), provoke; invite, summon, subpoena;" in gambling, "put down a stake, up the bet;" from Latin invitare "to invite," also "to summon, challenge" (see invitation). Sense of "to contend (with) in rivalry" in English is from 1560s; that of "to contend, compete, strive for superiority" is from c. 1600."

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