vice

英 [vaɪs] 美 [vaɪs]

• n. 缺点；恶习；邪恶；罪行；生理缺陷
• adj. 副的；代理的
• prep. 代替
• pref. 代理的；副的
• n. 老虎钳

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [U] [C] 不道德行为; 堕落

   evil behavior or living

2. [C] 缺陷; 弱点

   badness of character

3. [C] 恶习

   a bad habit

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 缺陷，生理缺陷
2. 缺点
3. 恶癖，恶习，恶行，罪行，不道德行为
4. 邪恶，罪恶； 堕落
5. 【机】老虎钳，轧钳
6. 卖淫

adj. 形容词

1. 副的，副职的
2. 代替的
3. 代理的

prep. 介词

1. 代替，取代，接替
2. 代理

pref. 前缀

1. 表示“代理的，副的”

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1. <英>= vise

v. 动词

1. 用老虎钳夹紧，钳制，钳住

英英释义

Noun:

1. moral weakness

2. a specific form of evildoing;

   "vice offends the moral standards of the community"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. He who thinks too much of his virtues reminds others of his vice.
   念念不忘自己长处的人,会使别人想起他的缺点。
2. The vice of drinking is increasing.
   酗酒之风正在增长。
3. Virtue and vice are two different things: the former leads to peace, the latter to misery.
   美德与邪恶是不同的：前者带来和平,后者导致痛苦。
4. There is a lot of vices in big cities.
   大城市存在许多道德败坏的行为。

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. He reported on the whole event to the vice premier.
   他把整个事件向副总理作了汇报。

用作介词 (prep.)

1. John was appointed postmaster vice Richard retired.
   约翰被任命为邮政局长,取代退休的理查德。

用作前缀 (pref.)

1. She is vice-chair of the education committee.
   她是教育委员会的代理主席。
2. He is the vice-president in charge of sales.
   他是负责销售的副总经理。

用作名词 (n.)

1. The vice is bolted to the work-bench.
   老虎钳是用螺栓拧在工作台上的。
2. The convulsive pressure of her slight hand held her companion as firmly as an iron vice could have held her.
   她瘦小的手，以其痉挛的压力，坚定地钩住了她的同伴，就象老虎钳夹紧她一般。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. Ingratitude is a despicable vice.
   忘恩负义是可鄙的不道德行为。
2. Lying and cruelty are vice.
   说谎和残暴都是道德败坏的行为。
3. Smoking is a harmful vice.
   吸烟是一种有害的恶习。

经典引文

• Vice cannot fix, and virtue cannot change..For vice must have variety.

  出自： Byron

• We pay for vice by the knowledge that we are wicked.

  出自： C. Connolly

• Support the wood end-up in the jaws of a vice.

  出自：Practical Woodworking

• He was gardener and out-door man, vice Upton, resigned.

  出自： Thackeray

• Thinking of the many Chancellors and Vices, and Masters of the Rolls, who are deceased.

  出自： Dickens

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• abandon a vice 戒除恶习
• check a vice 制止邪恶行为
• indulge in a vice 沉迷于一种恶习

形容词+～

• harmful vice 有害的恶习

词源解说

• ☆ 1300年左右进入英语，直接源自古法语的vice；最初源自古典拉丁语的vitium，意为背叛，冒犯，玷污，不完全。

近反义词

【近义词】

• fault 缺点
• sin 原罪
• weakness 软弱
• failing 失败
• foible 小缺点
• shortcoming 缺点
• wrongdoing 坏事
• malpractice 失职
• crime 犯罪
• depravity 堕落
• evil 邪恶的
• iniquity 邪恶
• immorality 不道德
• wickedness 邪恶
• corruption 贪污
• badness 坏
• defect 缺点
• flaw 瑕疵
• imperfection 不完美
• bad habit 坏习惯
• frailty 脆弱

【反义词】

• virtuous 有品德的
• righteous 公正的