Vice

[vaɪs]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) a specific form of evildoing; 'vice offends the moral standards of the community'.

錄入:米尔顿--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) A defect; a fault; an error; a blemish; an imperfection; as, the vices of a political constitution; the vices of a horse.

(n.) A moral fault or failing; especially, immoral conduct or habit, as in the indulgence of degrading appetites; customary deviation in a single respect, or in general, from a right standard, implying a defect of natural character, or the result of training and habits; a harmful custom; immorality; depravity; wickedness; as, a life of vice; the vice of intemperance.

(n.) The buffoon of the old English moralities, or moral dramas, having the name sometimes of one vice, sometimes of another, or of Vice itself; -- called also Iniquity.

(n.) A kind of instrument for holding work, as in filing. Same as Vise.

(n.) A tool for drawing lead into cames, or flat grooved rods, for casements.

(n.) A gripe or grasp.

(v. t.) To hold or squeeze with a vice, or as if with a vice.

(prep.) In the place of; in the stead; as, A. B. was appointed postmaster vice C. D. resigned.

(prep.) Denoting one who in certain cases may assume the office or duties of a superior; designating an officer or an office that is second in rank or authority; as, vice president; vice agent; vice consul, etc.

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同義詞及近義詞：

n. [1]. Defect, fault, blemish, imperfection.[2]. Wickedness, sin, iniquity, irregularity, depravity, immorality, laxity, indecorum, impropriety.

[L.] Instead of, in place of.

校對:莱斯利

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Corruption, fault, defect, evil, crime, immorality, sin, badness

ANT:Purity, faultlessness, perfection, virtue, immaculateness, goodness, soundness

整理:纳撒尼尔

解釋/意思:

n. a blemish or fault: immoral conduct: depravity of manners: a bad trick or habit in a horse: mischievousness: the stock buffoon in the old English Moralities or moral plays.—n. Vicios′ity.—adj. Vicious (vish′us).—adv. Vic′iously.—n. Vic′iousness.—Vicious circle syllogism circular or erroneous reasoning; Vicious intromission (see Intromit).

prep. in the place of: also a prefix denoting in the compound word one who acts in place of or is second in rank to another.—n. a vice-chairman &c.: one who acts in place of a superior.—ns. Vice′-ad′miral one acting in the place of or second in command to an admiral; Vice′-ad′miralty the office of a vice-admiral—(Vice′-ad′miralty courts tribunals in the British colonies having jurisdiction over maritime causes); Vice′-chair′man an alternate chairman; Vice′-chair′manship; Vice′-chan′cellor one acting for a chancellor: a lower judge of Chancery; (R.C. Church) the cardinal whose duty it is to draft and despatch papal bulls and briefs; Vice′-chan′cellorship; Vice′-con′sul one who acts in a consul's place: a consul in a less important district; Vice′-con′sulship; Vice-dean′ a canon chosen to represent an absent dean; Vicegē′rency the office of a vicegerent deputed power.—adj. Vicegē′rent acting in place of another having delegated authority.—n. one acting in place of a superior.—ns. Vice′-gov′ernor deputy governor; Vice′-king one who acts in place of a king; Vice′-pres′idency -pres′identship; Vice′-pres′ident an officer next in rank below the president; Vice′-prin′cipal assistant principal.—adj. Vicerē′gal.—ns. Vicerē′gency; Vice′roy Vicerē′gent one representing the royal authority in a dependency as in India; Viceroy′alty Vice′royship.

n. an iron or wooden screw-press fixed to the edge of a workboard for holding anything tightly while being filed &c.: (Shak.) a grip grasp.—v.t. to screw.

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