vice
n
1
(a) [U] evil or unprincipled conduct; wickedness 邪恶; 恶劣行径; 缺德行为
vice and corruption in the Secret Service 特工部门的邪恶与腐败现象.
(b) [C] particular form of this 邪恶的或不道德的行为或现象
Greed is a terrible vice. 贪得无厌是可鄙的行为. Cf 参看 virtue 1.
2 [C] (infml or joc 口或谑) fault or bad habit; weakness 缺点; 坏习惯; 坏毛病
Sherry is one of my little vices! 我有个毛病, 就是好喝雪利酒!
3 [U] criminal or immoral behaviour, eg gambling,drug-trafficking, pornography, prostitution 罪恶行径, 不道德的行为(如赌博、 贩毒、 色情勾当、 卖淫)
[attrib 作定语]
`vice squads, ie groups of police who try to prevent this 警方取缔赌博、 贩毒、 色情活动的行动队
Detectives smash London vice ring, eg in a newspaper headline. 警探侦破伦敦黄赌毒团伙(如报刊标题).
4 (idm 习语) a den of iniquity/vice => den. vice (US vise) n metal tool, used in woodwork, etc, with a pair of jaws that hold a thing securely while work is done on it 台钳; (老)虎钳
(fig 比喻) He held my arm in a vice-like (ie very firm) grip. 他的手像虎钳一样紧紧抓住了我的手臂.
Do you have to feed plants like you feed chickens? Or do they grow up by themselves?
你得要像喂小鸡那样去喂幼苗吗?还是它们自己长大呢?
Oh! Well, for that, you'd better find an English pen friend.
哦!那你最好为此找一个英文的笔友。
Perhaps in those days I was. Pierre and I did have a very good time at the ball. But that was the last moment of happiness in our lives. That night everything changed.