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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。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- secret
- have
- indulge
- indulge in
- …
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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 ExamplesTopics Personal qualitiesc1He 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。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- secret
- have
- indulge
- indulge in
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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 
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’.