vie: [15] Vie is ultimately the same word as invite. It is a shortened version of the now defunct envie ‘make a challenge’, which came via Old French envier from Latin invītāre (source of English invite), a word of uncertain origin which meant ‘challenge’ as well as ‘invite’. => invite
vie (v.)
1560s, "to bet, make a bet," (literally "make a vie, the noun attested from 1530s in cards), especially in card-playing, "to wager the value of one's hand against an opponent's," shortened form of Middle English envie "make a challenge," from Old French envier "compete (against), provoke; invite, summon, subpoena;" in gambling, "put down a stake, up the bet;" from Latin invitare "to invite," also "to summon, challenge" (see invitation). Sense of "to contend (with) in rivalry" in English is from 1560s; that of "to contend, compete, strive for superiority" is from c. 1600.
实用例句
1. 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。
来自柯林斯例句
2. She stood up obediently and went back to her room with a happy Vie.
她听了我这话,就站了起来,很喜欢的回到她的房里去睡了.
来自汉英文学 - 中国现代小说
3. You have your point of vie, and I have mine.
你有你的观点, 我有我的观点.
来自互联网
4. Plaisir d'amour ne dure qu'un moment, chagrin d'amour dure toute la vie.
爱的快乐只存在一时, 而爱的悲伤却残留一世.
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5. Les r ê ves de sa vie , les prisons de son c ? ur.
