vice

[vais]

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

例句与用法：

The vice is bolted to the work-bench.

老虎钳是用螺栓拧在工作台上的。

Virtue and vice are two different things: the former/that/the one leads to peace, the latter/this/the other to misery.

美德与邪恶是不同的，前者带来和平，后者导致痛苦。

We should take into account the proposals of our parents and vice versa.

我们应该考虑父母的建议，反之亦然。

Her beauty gilds her vice.

她的美貌掩盖了她的邪恶。

The part of society that is engaged in and organized for the purpose of crime and vice.

黑社会; 罪犯社会社会的一部分，从事犯罪和罪恶行为和并以此目的组织起来

Drunkenness is his sole vice.

酗酒是他唯一的恶习。

详细释义：

n.

1. 恶, 邪恶[U]

Can't you tell vice from virtue?

难道你不能辨别善恶吗?

2. 罪行, 不道德行为[C][U]

There is a lot of vice in big cities.

大城市存在许多道德败坏的行为。

3. 卖淫[C][U]

4. 【口】恶习; 缺点; 缺陷[C]

Smoking is a vice.

抽烟是个坏习惯。

5. 生理缺陷, 病[C]

6. (马、狗等的)恶癖[C]

This horse has no vices of shying and tossing.

这匹马从来不惊, 也不颠人。

【英】=vise