versus
英 ['v??s?s]
美 ['v?s?s]
- prep. 對(duì)；與...相對(duì)；對(duì)抗
助記提示
1、vers- + -us(拉丁語(yǔ)后綴，顯然該詞直接源于拉丁語(yǔ)，沒(méi)做任何變動(dòng)).
2、含義：turned toward or against. => action of one party against another.
中文詞源
versus 對(duì)，相比來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ)versus,轉(zhuǎn)，來(lái)自PIE*wer,轉(zhuǎn)，彎，詞源converse,toward。引申詞義轉(zhuǎn)向?qū)Ψ降模鄬?duì)，相比。
英文詞源
- versus (prep.)
- mid-15c., in legal case names, denoting action of one party against another, from Latin versus "turned toward or against," from past participle of vertere (frequentative versare) "to turn, turn back, be turned, convert, transform, translate, be changed," from PIE *wert- "to turn, wind," from root *wer- (3) "to turn, bend" (cognates: Old English -weard "toward," originally "turned toward," weorthan "to befall," wyrd "fate, destiny," literally "what befalls one;" Sanskrit vartate "turns round, rolls;" Avestan varet- "to turn;" Old Church Slavonic vr?teti "to turn, roll," Russian vreteno "spindle, distaff;" Lithuanian ver ?iu "to turn;" Greek rhatane "stirrer, ladle;" German werden, Old English weorean "to become" (for sense, compare turn into); Welsh gwerthyd "spindle, distaff;" Old Irish frith "against").
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. The green debate tends to polarise into science-as-saviour versus science-as-devil camps.
- 有關(guān)環(huán)保的辯論往往會(huì)分化成“科學(xué)是救星”和“科學(xué)是惡魔”兩個(gè)陣營(yíng)。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. It is France versus Brazil in the final.
- 決賽是法國(guó)隊(duì)對(duì)巴西隊(duì)。
來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 3. The most exciting game was Harvard versus Yale.
- 最富緊張刺激的球賽是哈佛隊(duì)對(duì)耶魯隊(duì).
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 4. BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVE: Cord blood transplantation ( CBT ) possesses gr aft - versus - leukemia ( GVL ) effect.
- 背景 與 目的: 研究表明臍血移植 ( cordbloodtransplantation, CBT ) 保留有移植物抗白血病 ( graft鄄versus鄄 leukemia,GVL ) 效應(yīng).
來(lái)自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- 5. Each report starts with a recap of how we did versus our projections.
- 每份報(bào)告開(kāi)頭都扼要回顧了我們的表現(xiàn)和我們的預(yù)期目標(biāo)。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句