1 N-COUNT 贴身背心;汗衫 A
vest is a piece of underwear which you can wear on the top half of your body in order to keep warm.
贴身背心;汗衫 [British] in AM, use 美国英语用 undershirt
2 N-COUNT 背心;马甲;坎肩 A
vest is a sleeveless piece of clothing with buttons which people usually wear over a shirt.
背心;马甲;坎肩 [US] in BRIT, use 英国英语用 waistcoat
3 VERB [usually passive] 授予,赋予,给予(权利或责任) If something
is vested in you, or if you
are vested with it, it is given to you as a right or responsibility.
授予,赋予,给予(权利或责任) [formal] -
All authority was vested in the woman, who discharged every kind of public duty. [be VERB-ed + in]
女性被赋予了所有权力,履行所有公共职责。
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The mass media have been vested with significant power as social and political agents in modern developed societies. [be VERB-ed + with]
在现代发达社会中,作为社会和政治媒介,大众传媒被赋予了很大的权力。
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There's an extraordinary amount of power vested in us. [VERB-ed]
我们被授予了巨大的权力。
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