versus
英['vɜːsəs]
美['vɝsəs]
助记提示
1、vers- + -us(拉丁语后缀，显然该词直接源于拉丁语，没做任何变动).
2、含义：turned toward or against. => action of one party against another.中文词源
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。
英文词源
- 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 vrŭteti "to turn, roll," Russian vreteno "spindle, distaff;" Lithuanian ver čiu "to turn;" Greek rhatane "stirrer, ladle;" German werden, Old English weorðan "to become" (for sense, compare turn into); Welsh gwerthyd "spindle, distaff;" Old Irish frith "against").
双语例句
- 1. The green debate tends to polarise into science-as-saviour versus science-as-devil camps.
- 有关环保的辩论往往会分化成“科学是救星”和“科学是恶魔”两个阵营。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. It is France versus Brazil in the final.
- 决赛是法国队对巴西队。
来自《权威词典》
- 3. The most exciting game was Harvard versus Yale.
- 最富紧张刺激的球赛是哈佛队对耶鲁队.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVE: Cord blood transplantation ( CBT ) possesses gr aft - versus - leukemia ( GVL ) effect.
- 背景 与 目的: 研究表明脐血移植 ( cordbloodtransplantation, CBT ) 保留有移植物抗白血病 ( graft鄄versus鄄 leukemia,GVL ) 效应.
来自互联网
- 5. Each report starts with a recap of how we did versus our projections.
- 每份报告开头都扼要回顾了我们的表现和我们的预期目标。
来自柯林斯例句