3[countableC, uncountableU]BAD BEHAVIOUR OR ACTIONS a bad or immoralquality in a person, or bad or immoral behaviour 邪恶;劣根性;恶行,不道德行为OPP virtue
Jealousy is a vice.
妒忌是一种恶行。
to reward virtue and punish vice
赏善罚恶
4viseAmerican EnglishAmE) a tool that holds an object very firmly so that you can work on it 老虎钳,台钳
He held my arm like a vice.
他的手像老虎钳似的紧紧抓住我的胳膊。
Examples from the Corpus
like a vice• The Harris's gripped like a vice and screeched with delight.• Misery gripped her heart like a vice.• The walls closed on him like a vice.• He simply stood and looked at Guy, aware of rage, like a vice, gripping his ribcage.
vice• However, drug-taking is a vice, not a crime.• The question remains in both legends equally, nevertheless, as to where virtue ends and vice begins in such piousadventures.• Smoking is one of his few vices.• In spite of his variety of vices, he refuses to let anything age him.• Clive thought she might be a rare type of pervert who gets off on vociferously condemning all the vices she actually practises.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + VICEADJECTIVE➤secret不為人知的不良嗜好VERB + VICE➤have有惡習◇He had only two vices: smoking and women.他只有兩個壞毛病:抽煙和玩女人。➤indulge, indulge in沉溺於惡習◇He used his inheritance to indulge his vices of drinking and gambling.他揮霍遺產,沉湎於酗酒、賭博的惡習之中。