vice
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++vice /vaɪs/ noun 
1 [uncountable]SCC criminal activities that involve sex or drugs 〔涉及性或毒品的〕罪恶，罪行 the fight against vice on the streets 打击街头犯罪 The police have smashed a vice ring (=a group of criminals involved in vice) in Chicago. 警方捣毁了芝加哥的一个犯罪团伙。2 [countable]HABIT a bad habit 恶习 Smoking is my only vice. 吸烟是我唯一的恶习。3 [countable, uncountable]BAD BEHAVIOUR OR ACTIONS a bad or immoral quality in a person, or bad or immoral behaviour 邪恶；劣根性；恶行，不道德行为 OPP virtue Jealousy is a vice. 妒忌是一种恶行。 to reward virtue and punish vice 赏善罚恶4 vise American English) a tool that holds an object very firmly so that you can work on it 老虎钳，台钳 He held my arm like a vice. 他的手像老虎钳似的紧紧抓住我的胳膊。 → vice-like
1 [uncountable]SCC criminal activities that involve sex or drugs 〔涉及性或毒品的〕罪恶，罪行 the fight against vice on the streets 打击街头犯罪 The police have smashed a vice ring (=a group of criminals involved in vice) in Chicago. 警方捣毁了芝加哥的一个犯罪团伙。2 [countable]HABIT a bad habit 恶习 Smoking is my only vice. 吸烟是我唯一的恶习。3 [countable, uncountable]BAD BEHAVIOUR OR ACTIONS a bad or immoral quality in a person, or bad or immoral behaviour 邪恶；劣根性；恶行，不道德行为 OPP virtue Jealousy is a vice. 妒忌是一种恶行。 to reward virtue and punish vice 赏善罚恶4 vise American English) a tool that holds an object very firmly so that you can work on it 老虎钳，台钳 He held my arm like a vice. 他的手像老虎钳似的紧紧抓住我的胳膊。 → vice-likeExamples from the Corpus
vice• However, drug-taking is a vice, not a crime.• The question remains in both legends equally, nevertheless, as to where virtue ends and vice begins in such pious adventures.• Smoking is one of his few vices.• In spite of his variety of vices, he refuses to let anything age him.• Clive thought she might be a rare type of pervert who gets off on vociferously condemning all the vices she actually practises.vice- /vaɪs/ prefix vice-president/chairman etc the person next in rank below someone in authority, who can represent them or act instead of them 副总统/主席等vice-president/chairman etc of the vice-captain of the cricket team 板球队的副队长 vice-chairman Derek Edwards 副主席德里克·爱德华兹Origin vice (1200-1300) Old French Latin vitium “fault, vice”vice nounvice- prefixChinese
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vice
vice /vaɪs/
noun
Language: Old French
Origin: Latin vitium 'fault, vice'1. [uncountable] criminal activities that involve sex or drugs:
the fight against vice on the streets
The police have smashed a vice ring (=a group of criminals involved in vice) in Chicago. ⇨ Vice Squad
2. [countable] a bad habit:
Smoking is my only vice.
3. [uncountable and countable] a bad or immoral quality in a person, or bad or immoral behaviour
OPP virtue:
Jealousy is a vice.
to reward virtue and punish vice
4.
[countable] (usuallyvise AmE) a tool that holds an object very firmly so that you can work on it:
He held my arm like a vice.
⇨ vice-like
vice /vaɪs/
noun Sense 1-3
Date: 1200-1300Language: Old French
Origin: Latin vitium 'fault, vice'
2. [countable] a bad habit:
3. [uncountable and countable] a bad or immoral quality in a person, or bad or immoral behaviour
OPP virtue:
4.
[countable] (usuallyvise AmE) a tool that holds an object very firmly so that you can work on it:
⇨ vice-like
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usually