vicarious

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++vi·car·i·ous /vɪˈkeəriəs $ vaɪˈker-/ adjective [only before noun] PERSONALLY/YOURSELFexperienced by watching or reading about someone else doing something, rather than by doing it yourself 间接体验他人感受的；产生同感[共鸣]的vicarious pleasure/satisfaction/excitement etc the vicarious pleasure that parents get from their children’s success 父母对子女成功感同身受的快乐 —vicariously adverb

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vicarious• Inevitably though, these disguises inspired in readers a sense of vicarious danger or disgust.• Disapproving as he was, he still seems to have found vicarious excitement in talking weapons.• Mothers often get some vicarious pleasure from their children's success.• Many people enjoyed the vicarious thrill of military victory.vicarious pleasure/satisfaction/excitement etc• The sense in which he has created it - by writing the poem - is acknowledged to be simply vicarious pleasure.• I laugh a lot, throwing my head back with vicarious pleasure at many of these stories.• Disapproving as he was, he still seems to have found vicarious excitement in talking weapons.Origin vicarious (1600-1700) Latin vicarius “acting in place of another”, from vicis “change, alternation, position”

vi·car·i·ous adjectiveChineseSyllable

watching by rather experienced something, Corpus someone reading about else or doing

vicarious
vi‧car‧i‧ous /vɪˈkeəriəs $ vaɪˈker-/

adjective [only before noun]

Date: 1600-1700
Language: Latin
Origin: vicarius 'acting in place of another', from vicis 'change, alternation, position'

experienced by watching or reading about someone else doing something, rather than by doing it yourself
vicarious pleasure/satisfaction/excitement etc