vied

英 [vaɪd]

美 [vaɪd]

v.  激烈竞争; 争夺
vie的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• V-RECIP 竞争;争夺
  If one person or thingis vying withanother for something, the people or things are competing for it.
  1. California is vying with other states to capture a piece of the growing communications market...
     为了在日渐扩大的通讯市场分得一杯羹，加利福尼亚正在和其他州展开竞争。
  2. Four rescue plans are vying to save the zoo...
     4个拯救动物园的方案正争得不可开交。
  3. 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。
  4. The two are vying for the support of New York voters.
     两人在争夺纽约选民的支持。

双语例句

• They vied with one another for the trophy.
  他们互相争夺奖杯。
• The result, if borne out by year-end tallies, would mark an upset in an intensely competitive industry where Toyota and General Motors have for the past several years vied for the title of biggest.
  如果得到年终数据的证实，这一结果将标志着竞争激烈的汽车行业现有格局将被打乱。过去几年，丰田和通用汽车（GM）一直在争夺汽车业的冠军头衔。
• Stillborn state-run projects aside, in the sunshine era a few bold companies from the South vied with China to do business in North Korea.
  除流产的国有项目之外，在阳光政策时期，曾有少数大胆的韩国企业在朝经商、与中国企业竞争。
• The cold-war superpowers vied for influence too; Egypt flirted with both, but America bid higher and won.
  冷战时期的超级大国为扩大在这个地区的影响而进行了激烈的竞争，而埃及则脚踏两只船，待价而沽。美国人出价更高并最终赢得了这场影响力之争。
• At the Franklin sale, guests vied for a memento of their favourite hotel.
  在弗兰克林酒店拍卖处，客人们争先恐后地购买酒店的纪念品。
• The conversation then veered into a hilarious account of his golf game with Donald Trump, in which two flamboyant entrepreneurs vied to see who could most unnerve the other with unrepeatable wisecracks.
  随后，交谈的内容转到了他与唐纳德•特朗普之间有趣的高尔夫比赛，两位个性鲜明的企业家都力图用俏皮话来让对方退缩。
• Actually, he enjoyed being vied over by anyone.
  实际上，谁获胜他都高兴。
• Kings and presidents-for-life vied for American favour.
  各国的国王与终身总统们争相邀宠于美国。
• Sui and Tang Dynasties is a mature and flourishing period, during which eight schools contended and vied with each other, and Zen Buddhism is one typical sect of the Sinicization of Buddhism.
  隋唐时代是中国佛教的成熟繁荣期，八宗争鸣，竞放异彩，而禅宗是最为典型的中国化的佛教宗派；
• He also paid tribute to fellow-Democratic contender Hillary Clinton, who vied to become America's first woman president.
  奥巴马还赞扬了他的竞争对手希拉里.克林顿。克林顿一直在争取成为美国第一任女总统。