vice

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  • n.
    恶习
    不道德行为
    (肉体的)缺陷,疾病
    (文体等的)缺点,瑕疵
  • prep.
    代替
    取代
  • adj.
    副的
    代替的
  • vt.
    用老虎钳夹紧
    钳制

单词词源

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。

双语例句

1. He is unrepentant about what most everyone labels a vice .
他一直顽固地坚持着这一大多数人们摒弃的恶习。
2. The demand for certainty is one which is natural to man , but is nevertheless an intellectual vice .
对确定性的渴求是人类的一种自然需求,然而它也是一种理智的恶习。
3. It is no longer a luxury or a vice but a metabolic necessity , like water on the plains .
酒不再是一种奢侈品或饮酒人的恶习了,而是新陈代谢的必须的东西,就像平原上的水。
4. Throughout history power has been the vice of the ascetic .
从古至今,权力都是苦行者的罪恶嗜好。
5. It means only that national or communal conflicts are seldom a matter of clear-cut virtue against vice , and that all communities produce men capable of wickedness and crime .
这只意味着,国内或公共冲突很少是简单的善与恶问题,所有社团都会出现能够做出邪恶和犯罪行为的人。

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