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基本解释

India and China vie for influence in the Indian Ocean, Russia and China compete in Central Asia.
印度与中国争夺在印度洋的影响力，而俄罗斯与中国争夺在中亚的影响力。
At the more engaged end of the advertising spectrum, marketers often vie for the Holy Grail that is viral marketing via social media.
在广告业参与度较高的市场端，营销高手们通常会通过社交媒体进行病毒式营销，并为这一“营销圣杯”展开激烈竞争。
On top of that, the WFOE will charge the VIE for a technical service charge to compensate for developing and maintaining the internet trading platform.
在此之外，外商投资公司将收取VIE公司一笔服务费，以弥补为其开发和维护网上交易平台的费用。
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The women have the first shot at medals Thursday as they vie for the gold medal in the high jump.
So true poetry for Milton, true prophetic poetry, the kind of song that can actually vie with the most perfect music of the spheres, is only accessible, and presumably only producible, by the virgin.
对于弥尔顿来说真正的诗，真正的预言诗,真正能和天国最棒的音乐竞争的音乐，大概只能由拥有童贞的人来创作。
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It's been an absolute pleasure watching you vie for the 2008 Henry Blodget Award.
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