| 单词 | vice |
| 释义 | vice (once / 97 pages) 1n 2n A vice is a moral failing or a bad habit. Traditional examples of vice include drinking alcohol, smoking tobacco, and gambling in card games. In the United States, municipal police departments often have a bureau dedicated to vice, manned by vice cops, whose job it is to fight crime related to alcohol, drugs, and gambling. But anything can be a vice, as long as there's someone out there who views it as bad behavior or a moral weakness. You might say, casually, "I don't drink, smoke, or gamble. Chocolate ice cream is my vice." Or driving over the speed limit. Or intentionally failing to sort your recycling. WORD FAMILYvice: vices, vicious+/vicious: viciousest, viciously, viciousness USAGE EXAMPLES“Amen,” said Browns vice president of football operations Sashi Brown. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Meanwhile, MPF Vice President Jay Parsons said he expects little or no rent growth in urban rental markets this year. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) Joan Cox, senior vice president of savings products at Navy Federal Credit Union, provided some tips for smart budgeting and saving in the new year. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1 n a specific form of evildoing 2vice offends the moral standards of the community Hypo|Hyper gambling, gaming, play the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize) intemperance, intemperatenessconsumption of alcoholic drinks sporting lifeactive interest in gambling on sports events bet, wagerthe act of gambling gambling game, game of chancea game that involves gambling boozing, crapulence, drink, drinking, drunkennessthe act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess throwcasting an object in order to determine an outcome randomly evildoing, transgression the act of transgressing; the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle n moral weakness Syn|Hyper frailty evil, evilness the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice |
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