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

• 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。
• 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。
• They vied with each other for the prize.
  他们为了奖品而互相竞争。
• 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；
• When Motorola put the unit up for sale last year, Huawei had also vied for it.
  摩托罗拉去年将该业务挂牌出售时，华为也曾表示有意竞购。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• People vied with each other in donating blood for the wounded.
  人们争先恐后地为伤员们献血。
• In the kaleidoscope of a racecourse, neon lights, skyscrapers and Jazz, competing architectural styles and construction materials vied for attention.
  在赛马场、霓虹灯、高楼、爵士乐组成的承受万花筒中，展开的是一场建筑风格和建筑材料的竞赛。