versus

pronunciation

UK [ˈvɜːsəs]word uk audio image

US [ˈvɜːrsəs] word us audio image

  • prep.
    (表示两队或双方对阵)对
    (比较两种不同想法、选择等)与…相对
    对抗

Word Origin

versus 对,相比

来自拉丁语versus,转,来自PIE*wer,转,弯,词源converse,toward。引申词义转向对方的,相对,相比。

Example

1. Culture versus biology is one of the biggest .
文化对生物学就是最严重的(二分法)之一。
2. Today , an important area of research funded by the nci uses the new and emerging tools of molecular biology and genomics to try to identify molecular fingerprints of indolent versus rapidly progressive tumors identified by screening .
现在,利用分子生物学和基因体学的新兴工具通过筛查鉴定惰性对抗快速生长肿瘤的分子指纹是美国国家癌症研究所资助的重要研究领域。
3. It is why " chindia " stands for china plus india rather than china versus india .
这正是“chindia”之所以代表的是中国与印度,而非中国对印度的原因。
4. He fanned the kpk-police feud with his " gecko versus crocodile " analogy .
他比喻肃贪会和警察的关系是“壁虎对鳄鱼”。
5. A new currency war is looming as the dollar devalues versus the world 's currencies .
美元对世界各国货币大范围贬值,一场新的货币大战或隐或现。

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