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Vice Drinking Held Moral Failing Bad Alcohol N Count

英语单词 vice
英美音标 英 [vaɪs] 美 [vaɪs]
中文释义 n.缺点;恶习;邪恶;罪行;生理缺陷
adj.副的;代理的
prep.代替
pref.代理的;副的
n.老虎钳
英语例句 (1) The vice of drinking is increasing.
(2) Virtue and vice are two different things: the former leads to peace, the latter to misery.
(3) There is a lot of vices in big cities.
(4) The vice is bolted to the work-bench.
(5) The convulsive pressure of her slight hand held her companion as firmly as an iron vice could have held her.
(6) He reported on the whole event to the vice premier.
(7) John was appointed postmaster vice Richard retired.
(8) She is vice-chair of the education committee.
(9) He is the vice-president in charge of sales.
中文例句 (1) 酗酒之风正在增长。
(2) 美德与邪恶是不同的:前者带来和平,后者导致痛苦。
(3) 大城市存在许多道德败坏的行为。
(4) 老虎钳是用螺栓拧在工作台上的。
(5) 她瘦小的手,以其痉挛的压力,坚定地钩住了她的同伴,就象老虎钳夹紧她一般。
(6) 他把整个事件向副总理作了汇报。
(7) 约翰被任命为邮政局长,取代退休的理查德。
(8) 她是教育委员会的代理主席。
(9) 他是负责销售的副总经理。
vocabulary简明 A vice is a moral failing or a bad habit. Traditional examples of vice include drinking alcohol, smoking tobacco, and gambling in card games.
vocabulary扩展 In the United States, municipal police departments often have a bureau dedicated to vice, manned by vice cops, whose job it is to fight crime related to alcohol, drugs, and gambling. But anything can be a vice, as long as there's someone out there who views it as bad behavior or a moral weakness. You might say, casually, "I don't drink, smoke, or gamble. Chocolate ice cream is my vice." Or driving over the speed limit. Or intentionally failing to sort your recycling.
柯林斯解释
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[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.
  [BRIT 英]
    in AM, use 美国英语用 vise

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