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单词 vis-à-vis
释义 vis-à-vis
I. \|vēzə|vē, -zä|-\ noun
(plural vis-à-vis \“\)
Etymology: French, literally, face to face
1. : one that is face-to-face with, opposite to, or paired with another: as
 a. : one that faces another (as in a folk dance or a parlor game)
  < each member can ask his vis-à-vis in the other team any question — K.M.Willey >
 b. : a partner at a social function : escort, date
  < invited … to be his vis-àvis at a house party — Jean Stafford >
  < her vis-à-vis was a handsome, balding man — Wolcott Gibbs >
 c. : one holding an equal or parallel position : counterpart 3b, opposite number 1
  < a field representative conferring with his vis-à-vis in the home office >
  < going across to talk with his American vis-à-vis — Frederick Simpich †1950 >
2. : a carriage in which persons sit face to face
3. : tête-à-tête
II. preposition
Etymology: French
1. : face-to-face with : opposite
 < dining vis-à-vis his rival >
2. : in relation to : over against : toward
 < man's pride vis-à-vis the gods — Robert Gordis >
3. : in comparison with : as compared with
 < traditional logic vis-à-vis dialectic — G.L.Kline >
 < the House, jealous of its powers vis-à-vis the Senate — A.J.Liebling >
III. adverb
Etymology: French
: in company : face-to-face, together
 < found themselves vis-à-vis for the first time >
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