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vying

/vahy-ing/US // ˈvaɪ ɪŋ //UK // (ˈvaɪɪŋ) //

争夺,竞争,争夺的,争夺战

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : competing; contending: All vying swimmers come to the judge's desk.
v.动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : present participle of vie.

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Examples

  • But this year, instead of simply voting against Boehner on Tuesday, at least two members of the group are vying to replace him.

  • Some are hung by individuals who are vying for membership within the Chinese Communist Party.

  • According to media reports, Amazon, 21st Century Fox, Hearst, and Condé Nast are all vying to acquire StyleHaul.

  • Total Slaughter is only one of several battle rap leagues vying for national prominence.

  • A modern-day King Lear story finds the three daughters of a powerful lobsterman vying for his affection.

  • Never had the emir been more darkly handsome; his eye flashed with fire out-vying the blaze of the great gems at his girdle.

  • With a roar he made off, swaying between incredulity and rage, contempt vying with derisive laughter.

  • That everybody was vying with everybody else in making love to him he could not help observing.

  • They seemed to be vying with each other, the heartless brutes, as to which could shriek the loudest under a girl's light foot.

  • At one time it was one of the finest interiors in Paris, the royal painters and artists vying with each other in its adornment.