vice

noun

/vaɪs/

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[uncountable] criminal activities that involve sex or drugs（与性或毒品有关的）罪行
- At the door were two plain-clothes detectives from the vice squad.门口是两个扫黄缉毒队的便衣侦探。
- The bright 21-year-old turned to a secret life of vice after getting bored with her studies at college.这位聪明的21岁女孩在厌倦了大学学习后，开始了秘密的堕落生活。
Topics Crime and punishmentc1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- secret
verb + vice
- have
- indulge
- indulge in
- …
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[uncountable, countable] behaviour that is evil or immoral; a quality in somebody’s character that is evil or immoral恶行；不道德行为；堕落；邪恶
- The film ended most satisfactorily: vice punished and virtue rewarded.这部电影有个令人满意的结局：邪恶受到惩治，美德得到报偿。
- Greed is a terrible vice.贪婪是一种恶习。
- (humorous) Cigarettes are my only vice.我唯一的罪过就是爱抽烟。
Extra Examples
- He used his inheritance to indulge his vices of drinking and gambling.他挥霍遗产，沉湎于酗酒、赌博的恶习之中。
- Of his many vices, his cruelty was the worst.他作恶多端，尤以残暴为甚。
- She often spends a fortune on clothes—it's her greatest vice.她经常在衣服上花很多钱——这是她最大的缺点。
- The occasional cigar is my only vice.我唯一的罪过是偶尔抽支烟。
Topics Personal qualitiesc1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- secret
verb + vice
- have
- indulge
- indulge in
- …
See full entry
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(especially British English)
(North American English usually vise)
[countable] a tool with two metal blocks that can be moved together by turning a screw. The vice is used to hold an object in place while work is done on it.台钳；虎钳
- He held my arm in a vice-like (= very firm) grip.他的手像虎钳一样紧紧抓住了我的手臂。

Word Originsenses 1 to 2 Middle English: via Old French from Latin vitium.sense 3 Middle English (denoting a screw or winch): from Old French vis, from Latin vitis ‘vine’.