vie
verb[I]
uk/vaɪ/us/vaɪ/present participlevying|past tense and past participleviedtocompetewith otherpeopletoachieveor get something:
竞争;争夺SixcandidatesarecurrentlyvyingfortheDemocraticpresidentialnomination.6名候选人目前正在争夺民主党的总统候选人提名资格。
The twoolderchildrentendto viewiththeyoungeronefortheirmother'sattention.两个大一点的孩子正在和小的争宠,都想博得妈妈的注意。
[+ to infinitive]The twogroupsofscientistsare vyingtogetfundingfortheirresearchprojects.两组科学家都在为各自的研究项目争取资金。
Synonyms
compete
contend
Competing and contending (non-sporting)
- be one up onsomeoneidiom
- bid
- cat
- catchup
- chancer
- close-run
- competition
- contest
- dare
- go in forsomething
- go toe to toeidiom
- hyper-competitive
- in the gameidiom
- intercollegiate
- runsomeonecloseidiom
- runners and ridersidiom
- showing
- slugfest
- snap atsomeone'sheelsidiom
- toe