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vis

/wees; English vis/US // wis; English vɪs //UK // Latin (vɪs) //

视觉,粘性,粘,视觉的

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural vi·res [wee-reys; English vahy-reez]. /ˈwi reɪs; English ˈvaɪ riz/. Latin.

    • : strength; force; power.

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Examples

  • A French wizard discovers his newfound sexuality vis-à-vis a magic wand that happens to be attached to him.

  • Vis-a-vis writing, Exeter was the place I got interested in writing.

  • But, to my eyes, that letter says everything about where Clinton stands vis a vis the rest of the Democratic Party.

  • Not only on the diplomatic level— i.e., vis-a-vis Europe or Israel, but also within Palestinian society.

  • He defended a “resistance economy” vis-à-vis the West and the U.S.

  • Je vis M. le Baron d'Holbach environn d'une vieille femme et de deux villageois, l'un vieux comme elle et l'autre jeune.

  • The controversy of the vis viva was what was the proper definition of the measure of force.

  • In the debate of the vis viva, it was assumed that in the mutual action of bodies the whole effect of the force is unchanged.

  • But in this instance, that which the author calls in another passage of his work, the vis Lucilii, fell upon the hard rock.

  • My fair vis-a-vis looked me now full in the face and smiled, so that a dimple in her right cheek was plainly visible.