英语词汇“vie”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

vievie /vaɪ/ verb (vies, vied, vying) [intransitive]

ETYMOLOGYvie

Origin: 1500-1600 Old French envier to invite, challenge, from Latin invitare

VERB TABLE

vie

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	vie
	he, she, it	vies
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	vied
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have vied
	he, she, it	has vied
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had vied
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will vie
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have vied

Continuous Form
Present	I	am vying
	he, she, it	is vying
	you, we, they	are vying
Past	I, he, she, it	was vying
	you, we, they	were vying
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been vying
	he, she, it	has been vying
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been vying
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be vying
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been vying

to compete very hard with someone in order to get something: vie for The brothers vied for her attention.vie with somebody to do something Students are vying with each other to sell the most tickets. [Origin: 1500–1600 Old French envier to invite, challenge, from Latin invitare]