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vice

noun
 
🔊/vaɪs/
🔊/vaɪs/
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  1.  
    [uncountable] criminal activities that involve sex or drugs（与性或毒品有关的）罪行
    • At the door were two plain-clothes detectives from the vice squad.门口是两个扫黄缉毒队的便衣侦探。
    • The bright 21-year-old turned to a secret life of vice after getting bored with her studies at college.这位21岁的聪明人在对大学的学习感到无聊之后，就变成了一个恶习的秘密生活。
    Topics Crime and punishmentc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • secret
    verb + vice
    • have
    • indulge
    • indulge in
    • …
    See full entry
  2. [uncountable, countable] behaviour that is evil or immoral; a quality in somebody’s character that is evil or immoral恶行；不道德行为；堕落；邪恶
    • The film ended most satisfactorily: vice punished and virtue rewarded.这部电影有个令人满意的结局：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。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • He used his inheritance to indulge his vices of drinking and gambling.他挥霍遗产，沉湎于酗酒、赌博的恶习之中。
    • Of his many vices, his cruelty was the worst.他作恶多端，尤以残暴为甚。
    • She often spends a fortune on clothes—it's her greatest vice.她经常在衣服上花很多钱，这是她最大的缺点。
    • The occasional cigar is my only vice.我唯一的罪过是偶尔抽支烟。
    Topics Personal qualitiesc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • secret
    verb + vice
    • have
    • indulge
    • indulge in
    • …
    See full entry
  3. (especially British English)
    (North American English usually vise)
    [countable] a tool with two metal blocks that can be moved together by turning a screw. The vice is used to hold an object in place 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。🔊🔊
    4. Word Originsenses 1 to 2 Middle English: via Old French from Latin vitium.sense 3 Middle English (denoting a screw or winch): from Old French vis, from Latin vitis ‘vine’.