vice
vice 英 [vaɪs] 美 [vaɪs]
n. 罪行，恶行；虎钳 adj. 副的
名词复数:vices
- A vice is a moral failing or a bad habit. Traditional examples of vice include drinking alcohol, smoking tobacco, and gambling in card games.
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- n. 罪行，恶行；虎钳
- adj. 副的
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1. Greed is a terrible vice.
贪婪是一种恶习。
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2. Cigarettes are my only vice.
我唯一的罪过就是爱抽烟。
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3. The vice president had to resign.
副总统不得不辞职。
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4. She's been downgraded from principal to vice-principal.
她已从校长降职为副校长。
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5. He held my arm in a vice-like grip.
他的手像虎钳一样紧紧抓住了我的手臂。
- vice (n.1) "moral fault, wickedness," c. 1300, from Old French vice "fault, failing, defect, irregularity, misdemeanor" (12c.), from Latin vitium "defect, offense, blemish, imperfection," in both physical and moral senses (in Medieval Latin also vicium; source also of Italian vezzo "usage, entertainment"), which is of uncertain origin.
- vice (n.2) "tool for holding," see vise.
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