vice

英 [vaɪs]

美 [vaɪs]

n.  (与性或毒品有关的)罪行; 恶行; 不道德行为; 堕落; 邪恶; 台钳; 老虎钳

复数：vices　

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牛津词典

noun

• （与性或毒品有关的）罪行
  criminal activities that involve sex or drugs
  1. plain-clothes detectives from the vice squad
     取缔性或毒品犯罪行动队的便衣侦探
• 恶行；不道德行为；堕落；邪恶
  evil or immoral behaviour; an evil or immoral quality in sb's character
  1. The film ended most satisfactorily: vice punished and virtue rewarded.
     这部电影的结尾皆大欢喜：邪恶受到惩治，美德得到报偿。
  2. Greed is a terrible vice.
     贪婪是一种恶习。
  3. Cigarettes are my only vice.
     我唯一的罪过就是爱抽烟。
• 台钳；老虎钳
  a tool with two metal blocks that can be moved together by turning a screw. The vice is used to hold an object firmly while work is done on it.
  1. He held my arm in a vice-like (= very firm) grip .
     他的手像老虎钳一样紧紧抓住了我的手臂。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 缺点;瑕疵;弱点
  Aviceis a habit which is regarded as a weakness in someone's character, but not usually as a serious fault.
  1. His only vice is to get drunk on champagne after concluding a successful piece of business...
     他唯一的缺点就是在成功做成一笔生意后会大喝香槟而醉。
  2. Intellectual pretension was never one of his vices.
     他从来不附庸风雅。
• N-UNCOUNT （尤指与色情业、卖淫行为相关的）犯罪活动,恶行
  Vicerefers to criminal activities, especially those connected with pornography or prostitution.
  1. He said those responsible for offences connected with vice, gaming and drugs should be deported on conviction.
     他说，那些被指控与卖淫、赌博和吸毒有关的人一旦罪名成立就应该被驱逐出境。
  2. ...allegations of how she worked in a 'seedy vice den'.
     对她在“肮脏淫窝”里如何工作的说法
• 老虎钳;台钳
  Aviceis a tool with a pair of parts that hold an object tightly while you do work on it.

in AM, use 美国英语用 vise

英英释义

noun

• a specific form of evildoing
  1. vice offends the moral standards of the community
• moral weakness
  Synonym:frailty

双语例句

• In a conference call with reporters, BP senior vice president Kent Wells explained.
  在与记者的电话会议上，bp高级副总裁肯特.维尔斯对这个工程进行了解释。
• Ingratitude is a despicable vice.
  忘恩负义是可鄙的不道德行为。
• The vice president said the cartoonist has a personal vendetta against him
  副总裁说那个漫画家和他有私怨。
• Smoking is a harmful vice.
  吸烟是一种有害的恶习。
• We gossip about them and vice versa.
  我们议论他们，他们也议论我们。
• Our vice principal already assumes you are going.
  我已经和副校长说过了。
• His nominee for vice president was elected only after a second ballot
  他提名的副总统在两轮投票后才当选。
• Trollope's hero and anti-hero personify the excess of virtue and the excess of vice which in his philosophy threatens the British golden mean.
  特罗洛普的小说的主角与非正统派主角把过分的善与过分的恶都人格化了，这按照他的哲学威胁着英国的中庸之道。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.
  他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。
• He is sunk in the depths of vice.
  他堕入罪恶的深渊。