vice

英 [vaɪs] 美[vaɪs]

英英释义考试真题实用场景例句

近义词weakness foible wrongdoing malpractice fault crime shortcoming failing

反义词

n. 恶习；缺点；[机] 老虎钳；卖淫
prep. 代替
vt. 钳住
adj. 副的；代替的
n. (Vice)人名；(塞)维采

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中文词源

vice 罪行

来自拉丁语vitium,缺陷，过错，污点，字母c，t音变，词源同vicious,vitiate。引申词义罪行。

词态变化

复数: vices;

英文词源

vice: vice: Including the prefix vice-, English has three distinct words vice. The oldest, ‘wickedness’ [13], comes via Old French vice from Latin vitium ‘defect, offence’, which also gave English vicious [14], vitiate [16], and vituperate [16]. Vice ‘tool for holding’ [14] was acquired via Old French viz from Latin vītis.

This came to denote ‘vine’ (in which sense it gave English viticulture ‘vine-growing’ [19]), but originally it signified ‘tendril’, and it was this that lay behind the original meanings of English vice: ‘winding staircase’ and ‘screw’. Its modern application began to emerge in the 15th century, and derived from the notion of jaws being opened and closed by means of a ‘screw’.

The prefix vice- [15] comes from Latin vice ‘in place of’, the ablative case of vicis ‘change’ (source of English vicar, vicissitude, etc).
=> vicious, vitiate, vituperate; viticulture
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"), from PIE *wi-tio-, from root *wei- (3) "vice, fault, guilt."
Horace and Aristotle have already spoken to us about the virtues of their forefathers and the vices of their own times, and through the centuries, authors have talked the same way. If all this were true, we would be bears today. [Montesquieu]
Vice squad "special police unit targeting prostitution, narcotics, gambling, etc.," is attested from 1905, American English. Vice anglais "fetish for corporal punishment," literally "the English vice," is attested from 1942, from French. In Old French, the seven deadly sins were les set vices.
vice (n.2): "tool for holding," see vise.

双语例句

1. I think that the vice president was in the loop.: 我认为副总统是局内人。

2. The vice-president seems to have a good working relationship with the president.: 副总统似乎与总统有着良好的工作关系。

3. His vice president also had to resign in disgrace.: 他的副总统也被迫不光彩地辞去职务。

4. Vice-presidents' wives would fill in for first ladies.: 副总统夫人们将临时代替各位第一夫人。

5. Tim Munton becomes the new vice-captain.: 蒂姆·芒顿成为新的副队长。

英英释意

1. moral weakness

2. a specific form of evildoing;: "vice offends the moral standards of the community"

考试真题

Dean Granholm, the vice president for delivery and post office operations, said the first waves of closings would begin this fall.

According to the firm’s vice-president of Marketing and Sales, We benefited from low expectations.

We're asking the customers to specify what they want," said Craig Prusher, the chain's vice president of government relations.

And it's becoming a great place to work," says Scott Summers, the vice president of Gale International, the developer of the city.

As interest rates go up, bond prices tall, and vice versa (反之亦然).

We can't announce other people's news," said Greg Joswiak, vice president of iPod and iPhone marketing at Apple.

The University of Maryland at College Park is proceeding cautiously, giving the iPhone or iPod Touch to 150 students, said Jeffrey Huskamp, vice president and chief information officer at the university

Wisconsin has a "laserlike focus" on building up student skills in the first three months, according to vice provost (教务长) Damon Williams.

We went through a dramatic shift," says Dawn Watkins, the vice president for student affairs

During my first quarter, I spoke directly to the chancellor, asking him for support towards my initiatives, met with the vice chancellors.

"Idleness is not just a vacation, an indulgence or a vice; It is as indispensable to be brain as vitamin D is to the body...[idleness] is, paradoxically, necessary to getting any work done," he argues.

And vice versa: high sympathy can substitute for low guilt.

Last year, Europe Commission vice President Viviane Reding issued a call to voluntary action.

实用场景例句

plain-clothes detectives from the vice squad: 取缔性或毒品犯罪行动队的便衣侦探

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。

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。

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。

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。

Intellectual pretension was never one of his vices.: 他从来不附庸风雅。

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。

...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

Mr. Black has been appointed leader vice Mr. Brown.: 布莱克先生取代布朗先生被任命为队长.

They are sunk in the depth of vice.: 他们堕入了罪恶的深渊.

Acids neutralize alkalis and vice versa.: 酸能使碱中和,碱亦能使酸中和.

Ingratitude is a despicable vice.: 忘恩负义是可鄙的不道德行为.

We gossip about them and vice versa ( = they gossip about us ).: 我们谈论他们,他们也谈论我们.

He guarded himself against vice.: 他避免染上坏习惯.

A man of high birth may be of low worth and vice versa.: 出身高贵的人可能价值低,出身微贱的人可能价值高.

He assailed the vice of the time.: 他抨击当代罪人.

The vice of drinking is increasing.: 酗酒之风正在增长.

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。

I think that the vice president was in the loop.: 我认为副总统是局内人。

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。

He was to remain active in the association, latterly as vice president, for the rest of his life.: 他此后一生都活跃于协会中，后来还当上了副会长。

His vice president also had to resign in disgrace.: 他的副总统也被迫不光彩地辞去职务。

Teachers qualified to teach in England are not accepted in Scotland and vice versa.: 在英格兰有教书资格的老师在苏格兰得不到认可，反之亦然。

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