Great companies vied with one another in fruitless litigation and expensive competition .

大公司彼此争斗不息，纠缠于徒劳无功的诉讼和代价高昂的竞争。

Several new releases hoping to snag a segment of the holiday audience vied for second place .

几部希望在假期吸引观众的新上映影片对第二名的位置展开争夺。

India and pakistan have long vied for local military superiority , within the bounds of mutual nuclear deterrence .

印度和巴基斯坦两国在双方核武器的威慑之下，一直都在对地方军事老大的位置争夺不休。

The cancellations also reflected competition among nasa priorities , as orbital projects vied with the moon program for money and hardware .

由于轨道项目与登月计划争夺预算和设备，阿波罗任务的取消也反应了nasa重点计划间的竞争。

Rather as america and the soviet union vied for influence through economic and military aid , the brics do now ( though their competition is less fierce than the cold-war version ) .

过去美国和前苏联曾经通过经济和军事援助来争夺影响力，金砖四国现在也如出一辙，不过今时今日他们的竞争要比冷战时期的竞争温和多了。