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 all vied in paying her attentions.
  他们向她争献殷勤。
• 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。
• In this game, two programmers would unleash software organisms and watch as they vied for control of the computer.
  在该游戏中，两个程序员分别释放软件生物体，然后看着它们为控制计算机而竞争。
• Back in West Texas, women had vied for his attentions.
  回到西德克萨斯，妇女们都争先恐后要引起他的注意。
• 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。
• They vied with each other for the prize.
  他们为了奖品而互相竞争。
• When the city of Athens was first built by a Phoenician, both Poseidon and Athena vied for the honour of naming it.
  当雅典城刚由腓尼基人建立起来时，波塞冬和雅典娜都争着为这座城市命名。
• The two boys vied with each other for the first place.
  那两个孩子互相争夺第一名。
• 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。
• 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。