vie

英 [vaɪ] 美 [vaɪ]

解释

※ 提供单词"vie"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

vie 竞争

缩写自拉丁语invitare,挑战，竞争，词源同invite.

vie: vie: [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’.
=> invite
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.

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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。

2. She stood up obediently and went back to her room with a happy Vie.: 她听了我这话,就站了起来,很喜欢的回到她的房里去睡了.

4. Plaisir d'amour ne dure qu'un moment, chagrin d'amour dure toute la vie.: 爱的快乐只存在一时, 而爱的悲伤却残留一世.