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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Artists vied for the prime sites to paint.
  画家们争抢最好的绘画地点。
• The Vengeance and Jacques Three vied with each other in their fervent protestations that she was the most admirable and marvellous of witnesses.
  复仇女神和雅克三号彼此争先恐后地肯定她是最值得尊重，也是最精彩的证人。
• 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。
• They vied with one another for the trophy.
  他们互相争夺奖杯。
• An Asian space race has developed 30 years after Russia and the US vied for space supremacy.
  美苏两国太空争霸之后，亚洲国家的太空竞赛已经发展了30年。
• 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。
• 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。