| 释义 |
vicariously, adv.|vaɪ-, vɪˈkɛərɪəslɪ|
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
1. By substitution of one thing or person for another; by means of a substitute.
1796Burke Regic. Peace ii. Wks. 1808 VIII. 237 Not being able to revenge themselves on God, they have a delight in vicariously defacing..his image in man. 1828Scott F.M. Perth xvii, Some one must drink it for him, he shall be cured vicariously. 1835–6Todd's Cycl. Anat. I. 133/1 Respiration is also carried on vicariously in a very large proportion of animals. 1861J. G. Sheppard Fall Rome vii. 397 His campaigns were..vicariously carried on by a general whom common report designated as the Achilles of the Vandals. 1883‘Ouida’ Wanda I. 60 She never did anything vicariously which concerned those dependent upon her.
2. As a substitute for another.
1868Garrod Mat. Med. (ed. 3) 410 To cause the skin to act vicariously when the action of other secreting organs is excessive. 1886J. Morley Crit. Misc. I. 298 He suspected the practice by which one man offered up prayer vicariously and collectively for the assembled congregation.
3. At second hand, at one remove. Cf. vicarious a. 4 d.
1925F. Scott Fitzgerald Gt. Gatsby vii. 157 Jordan and I tried to go, but Tom and Gatsby insisted..that we remain—as though..it would be a privilege to partake vicariously of their emotions. 1957L. Durrell Justine ii. 127 Those interminable monologues about a life which has long since receded, lost its vital momentum, only to live on vicariously in the labyrinths of memory. 1984N.Y. Times 13 May. vi. 70/2, I think the greatest moral pitfall is not that we witness too much bang bang, but that, for the most part, we perceive it vicariously. |