vice-


vice-

pref. One who acts in the place of another; deputy: vice-chairman.
[Middle English, from Old French vis-, vice-, from Late Latin vice-, from Latin vice, ablative of *vix, change; see weik- in Indo-European roots.]

vice1

(vaɪs)

n. 1. an immoral or evil habit or practice. 2. immoral conduct; depraved behavior. 3. sexual immorality, esp. prostitution. 4. a personal shortcoming; foible. 5. a fault, defect, or flaw. 6. a physical defect or infirmity. 7. a bad habit, as in a horse. [1250–1300; Middle English < Anglo-French, Old French < Latin vitium a fault, defect, vice] syn: See fault.

vice2

(vaɪs)

n., v.t. viced, vic•ing. vise.

vi•ce3

(ˈvaɪ si, -sə, vaɪs)

prep. instead of; in the place of. [1760–70; < Latin: abl. of vicis (genitive; not attested in nominative) interchange, alternation]

vice-

a combining form meaning “deputy,” used esp. in the titles of officials who serve in the absence of the official denoted by the base word: viceroy; vice-chancellor; vice-chairman. [Middle English « Latin vice vice3]
Translations

vice-

(vais) second in rank and acting as deputy for. the Vice-President; the vice-chairman. 副(職位) 副（职）