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单词 vice
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vice1/vies/ noun

moral depravity or corruption, or an example of this; wickedness

A new philosophy generally means … the praise of some old vice — G K Chesterton

sexual immorality, esp prostitution

a grave moral fault

a habitual and usu minor fault, shortcoming, or character failing

habitual abnormal behaviour in a domestic animal that is detrimental to its health or usefulness

[Middle English via French from Latin vitium fault, vice]

vice2(NAmer vise) noun

any of various tools, usu attached to a workbench, that have two jaws that close by operation of a screw, lever, or cam and hold an object tightly so that it can be worked

vicelike adj
[Middle English vis, vice screw, from early French vis, viz something winding, from Latin vitis vine]

vice3(NAmer vise) verb trans

to hold, force, or squeeze (something) in or with a vice, or as if in a vice


vice4/ʹviesee/ prep

in the place of; succeeding

[Latin vice, ablative of vicis change, alternation, stead]
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