| 词汇 | vie |
| 词源 | vie. In the 16th century, envy meant to challenge someone to a gambling contest. The word’s contraction, vie, became popu- lar in gambling houses, meaning to back up one’s hand with a bet. One vied at cards in this way, that is, “contended or strived against others,” and the term later came to mean contending or striving in any sense. |
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