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

• 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。
• Smoking is a harmful vice.
  吸烟是一种有害的恶习。
• By the time I was Vice Chancellor, Senate had become a much larger and a much more democratic body
  到了我当校长的时候，大学评议会的人员规模已显著扩大，也变得更加民主了。
• 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。
• Xiaoping li, vice chair of dugong law firm, bachelor of law, graduated from Southwest University of political science and law ( swupl), and a present master in swupl.
  李小平，重庆大工律师事务所副主任、合伙律师，西南政法大学经济法系法学学士毕业，现为西南政法大学在册硕士研究生。
• Laura and I wish the vice president and Senator Lieberman and their families the very best.
  劳拉和我都深深祝福副总统戈尔以及利伯曼参议员和他们的家人。
• 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。
• He is sunk in the depths of vice.
  他堕入罪恶的深渊。
• Our vice principal already assumes you are going.
  我已经和副校长说过了。
• The Ambassador of* asks for an appointment with the Vice Foreign Minister.
  某大使要求约见外交部副部长。