| 单词 | vie |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [vai] |
| 解释 | v.竞争 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 v. 竞争 (to compete) 【例】 Businesses vied with each other to attract customers. |
| 字源 | vie (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. |
| 不择手段背单词 | v. (为胜利或者优势而)竞争 【记】V胜利, IE: 在IE浏览器为了争夺V的竞争大家都知道吧. 【参】vying(adj 竞争的; vie的现在分词) |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】envied 被妒忌→竞争的缘故;via 通过,经过,百万学子通过考学这条路需要竞争;音:外语,努力考外语竞争 【相关】envier 妒忌者 |
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