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

• While other artists vied for the prime sites, he chose a dead corner.
  当其他艺术家争抢主要场地时，他选了一个死角。
• When the question came on, people vied with each other in airing their views.
  问题一提出，人们就争先恐后地各抒己见。
• All the process only lasted ( the raid was over in) 3 minutes and the robbers vied with each other ( scrambled) to get on the car and escaped at a surprising speed.
  这场抢劫只持续了3分钟，因为窃贼争先恐后地爬上轿车，以惊人的速度开跑了。
• 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。
• The two boys vied with each other for the first place.
  那两个孩子互相争夺第一名。
• 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。
• All present vied to express their interest in the project.
  在场的人都争先恐后地表明自己对这个项目的兴趣。
• 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。
• Actually, he enjoyed being vied over by anyone.
  实际上，谁获胜他都高兴。
• 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。