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sic1 /sɪk/ adverb written formal  SLused after a word that you have copied in order to show that you know it was not spelled or used correctly 原文如此〔置于所引用文字之后，表示知道该词的拼写或用法不正确〕 We had seen several signs that said ‘ORANGE’S (sic) FOR SALE'. 我们看到好几个写着 ORANGE’S（原文如此）FOR SALE 的牌子。sic2 verb (sicced, siccing) [transitive] American English informal  1  ATTACKto tell a dog to attack someone 嗾使〔狗〕去攻击sic something on somebody He sicced his dog on me. 他嗾使他的狗来攻击我。2. sic 'em! spokenATTACK used to tell a dog to attack someone 咬他！ 追他！〔嗾使狗攻击某人〕3  to tell someone in authority that someone has done something wrong, so that they are punished 〔向当权者〕告发sic on He sicced his lawyers on them. 他向自己的律师告发了他们。→ See Verb tableFrom Longman Business DictionarySICSIC written abbreviation for STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATIONOrigin sic1 (1800-1900) Latin “so, in this way” sic2 (1800-1900) seek

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sic¹ /sɪk/ adverb written formalused after a word that you have copied in order to show that you know it was not spelled or used correctly:
    We had seen several signs that said ‘ORANGE’S (sic) FOR SALE'.

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sic² verb (past tense and past participle sicced, present participle siccing) [transitive] American English informal1. to tell a dog to attack someone
    sic something on somebody
    He sicced his dog on me.
2. sic 'em! spoken used to tell a dog to attack someone
3. to tell someone in authority that someone has done something wrong, so that they are punished
    sic on
    He sicced his lawyers on them.