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Vie V Make English Summon Vai V.竞争 英

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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