| 单词 | vie |
| 释义 | vie (once / 719 pages) v To vie for something means to compete for it. Two teams may vie for the gold medal, but one will have to go home with silver. Vie may be spelled the same as the French word, vie, but they are pronounced differently, vī and vē respectively, and are not related in meaning or history. English vie comes from the Latin verb meaning "to invite" as in to invite a challenge. Be careful of the spelling which includes an ie to y shift. “He intends to vie for the top prize,” but “He is vying for the top prize.” WORD FAMILYvie: viable, vied, vieing, vies, vying+/viable: nonviable, viability, viably USAGE EXAMPLESBut attention in the heavily Republican state is focused on the potential pool of candidates who will vie for the GOP nomination. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) By Friday, news of an imminent departure vied in the pages of Toronto papers with urgent appeals for public donations of socks for the men. New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) In this way, China is not unlike other countries, including the United States, where states and cities vie for companies. Seattle Times(Dec 29, 2016) v compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others Syn|Hypo compete, contend go for, try for make an attempt at achieving something playparticipate in games or sport run offdecide (a contest or competition) by a runoff race, runcompete in a race rivalbe the rival of, be in competition with emulatecompete with successfully; approach or reach equality with equal, match, rival, touchbe equal to in quality or ability line uptake one's position before a kick-off curlplay the Scottish game of curling snookerleave one's opponent unable to take a direct shot revokefail to follow suit when able and required to do so developmove into a strategically more advantageous position developmove one's pieces into strategically more advantageous positions dieto be on base at the end of an inning, of a player misplayplay wrong or in an unskillful manner startplay in the starting lineup fumbledrop or juggle or fail to play cleanly a grounder volleymake a volley unblockplay the cards of (a suit) so that the last trick on which a hand can follow suit will be taken by a higher card in the hand of a partner who has the remaining cards of a combined holding replayplay again cricketplay cricket backstopact as a backstop fullbackplay the fullback quarterbackplay the quarterback cradlerun with the stick exitlose the lead play outplay to a finish fieldplay as a fielder catchbe the catcher bully off, face offstart a game by a face-off tee offstrike a ball from the teeing ground at the start of a hole aceplay (a hole) in one stroke showfinish third or better in a horse or dog race placefinish second or better in a horse or dog race boat-raceparticipate in a boat race horse-racecompete in a horse race campaign, runrun, stand, or compete for an office or a position complete, nailcomplete a pass outrival, outviebe more of a rival than gambleplay games for money walkgive a base on balls to bowlengage in the sport of bowling golfplay golf bandytoss or strike a ball back and forth foulcommit a foul; break the rules put outretire croquetplay a game in which players hit a wooden ball through a series of hoops putthit a putt speed skaterace on skates seesaw, teeter-totter, teetertotterride on a plank bid, callmake a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands |
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