[N-COUNT 可数名词]缺点;瑕疵;弱点 A vice is a habit which is regarded as a weakness in someone's character, but not usually as a serious fault.
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。
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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词](尤指与色情业、卖淫行为相关的)犯罪活动,恶行Vice refers to criminal activities, especially those connected with pornography or prostitution.
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
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]老虎钳;台钳 A vice is a tool with a pair of parts that hold an object tightly while you do work on it.
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in AM, use 美国英语用 vise
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vice/vaɪs; NAmEvaɪs/noun _tools_diy_comp.jpg _vice.jpg 1[uncountable ]criminal activities that involve sex or drugs (与性或毒品有关的)罪行◆plain-clothes detectives from the vice squad取缔性或毒品犯罪行动队的便衣侦探2[uncountable , countable ]evil or immoral behaviour; an evil or immoral quality in sb's character 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。3( BrE) (NAmEvise)[countable ]a tool with two metal blocks that can be moved together by turning a screw. The viceis used to hold an object firmly 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。vicevicesvicedvicingvice/vaɪs; NAmEvaɪs/
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vicevice /vaɪs/ noun
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1vice (4) [uncountable] criminal activities that involve sex or drugs: the fight against vice on the streets The police have smashed a vice ring (=a group of criminals involved in vice) in Chicago.2[countable] a bad habit: Smoking is my only vice.3[countable, uncountable] a bad or immoral quality in a person, or bad or immoral behaviourOPP virtue: Jealousy is a vice. to reward virtue and punish vice4[countable] (usually vise AmE) a tool that holds an object very firmly so that you can work on it: He held my arm like a vice. →
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