a vis-a-vis
表示“双人小沙发”时是可数名词,单数前要加冠词。
They bought a vis-a-vis for the guest room.
他们为客房买了一张双人小沙发。
对等的人或物
双人座小沙发;对应的人或物;双人小沙发;面对面的人;相向的座位
对应的人或物
a person or thing having the same function or characteristics as another
双人小沙发
small sofa that seats two people
The sales manager asked her vis-a-vis in the partner company to confirm the deadline.
销售经理请合作公司里和她职位对等的人确认最后期限。
用法提示:这里的 vis-a-vis 是名词,指与某人职位或角色对等的人,在句中作宾语。
For this art contest, each student will be paired with a vis-a-vis from a school in another city.
在这次艺术比赛中,每个学生都会和另一座城市学校里相应的一名学生配对。
用法提示:这里的 vis-a-vis 是名词,指角色或位置对等的人,作介词 with 的宾语。
The Chinese version of the site is the vis-a-vis of the English version; they share exactly the same content.
该网站的中文版是英文版的对等版本,两者内容完全相同。
用法提示:这里的 vis-a-vis 是名词,指功能或性质对等的事物,在句中作表语。
表示“双人小沙发”时是可数名词,单数前要加冠词。
They bought a vis-a-vis for the guest room.
他们为客房买了一张双人小沙发。
表示“对应的人或物”时,常用 the ... of 结构点明与之对应的一方。
This small firm is often described as the vis-a-vis of the giant corporation.
这家小公司常被说成那家巨头企业的对应者。
这里取 vis-a-vis 的“对应者”义。counterpart 多指不同国家、机构或群体中职务、角色相当的人,常与 one's 或 the counterpart of 连用;vis-a-vis 作名词时范围更宽,可指功能或特征相同的任何对应者。
与 vis-a-vis 的“对应者”义相比,equivalent 更强调价值、意义或功能上的等同,通常指事物,常看到 the equivalent of/in;vis-a-vis 可指人或物,侧重功能或特征相对应,不强调“等值”。
与 vis-a-vis 的“对应者”义相比,match 强调两者相配、相称或势均力敌,常见于 a match for 或 a perfect match;vis-a-vis 指对应的另一方本身,不强调配对或匹敌关系。
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