vis-a-vis
相对于,对比,相对而言,相对
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Definitions
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- : compared with: The graph shows income vis-à-vis expenditures.
- : in relation to or toward: The report is an examination of Japan’s foreign policy vis-à-vis its Asian neighbors.
- : with regard to; concerning; about: I’ve read his comments vis-à-vis the role of the media in international conflicts.
- : facing; opposite: We are now vis-à-vis the most famous painting in the Louvre.
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- : face to face: They sat vis-à-vis at the table.
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- : face-to-face: a vis-à-vis encounter.
- : Numismatics. having two portraits facing each other.
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plural vis-à-vis [vee-zuh-veez; French vee-za-vee]. /ˌvi zəˈviz; French vi zaˈvi/.
- : a person face to face with or situated opposite to another: He offered a cigarette to his vis-à-vis.
- : a date at a social affair: She introduced her vis-à-vis to the hostess.
- : a person of equal authority, rank, or the like: my vis-à-vis in the Louisville office.
- : a carriage in which the occupants sit face to face.
- : Furniture. tête-à-tête.
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ROME — What does it take for a Hollywood A-lister to get a private audience with Pope Francis?
Yes, Byrd—dead four-and-a-half years now—was a Kleagle in the Ku Klux Klan.
By the time it concluded with a sing-a-long of “XO,” Beyoncé had done the rare thing.
In another year, stories about the strange new face of an A-list actress might draw chortles and cackles.
Because Duck Dynasty receives monster TV ratings and Robertson paid by a company (A&E) while making these public statements.
Now-a-days it is the bankrupt who flouts, and his too confiding creditors who are jeered and laughed at.
He felt himself the meanest, vilest thing a-crawl upon this sinful earth, and she—dear God!
All that scientific bric-a-brac in the cupboard had far better be thrown away.
Urinary sediments may be studied under three heads: A. Unorganized sediments.
I knowed, a-course, that I could go kick up a fuss when Simpson stopped by his office on his trip back from Goldstone.