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vice

/vahys/US // vaɪs //UK // (vaɪs) //

恶习,副业,恶行,恶习习

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an immoral or evil habit or practice: The biblical verses cover the vices of boastfulness and pride, miserliness, and hypocrisy.
    • : immoral conduct; depraved or degrading behavior: In the Christian religion there are numerous instances of sudden conversions from a life of vice to one of virtue.
    • : sexual immorality, especially prostitution.
    • : a particular form of depravity.
    • : a fault, defect, or shortcoming: a minor vice in his literary style.
    • : a bad habit, as in a horse.
    • : a character in the English morality plays, a personification of general vice or of a particular vice, serving as the buffoon.
    • : Archaic. a physical defect, flaw, or infirmity: In most cases, attempts to relieve the symptoms will be of little avail without at the same time relieving or removing the constitutional vice which has induced this condition.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounbad habit; sin
Forms: vices
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Examples

  • The vice president would sometimes dial her cellphone, Troye said.

  • “There was a lot of shifting around,” says Gary Davies, pro vice chancellor for student recruitment.

  • If they can’t do it by January 20, then power goes to the vice president, who’s selected by a majority vote of senators.

  • Last year, Apple tapped Sabih Khan, 54, as senior vice president of operations.

  • He named notorious homophobe Mike Pence as his vice president, who famously signed a bill as Indiana governor allowing businesses to discriminate against LGBTQ customers.

  • With Vice, that was an example of you keeping yourself interested too, right?

  • BEST ACTOR Joaquin Phoenix, Inherent Vice There is no better actor—right now—than Joaquin Phoenix.

  • Stanley Richards, Senior Vice President of the Fortune Society, gave a tour along with a few residents.

  • Alexander Stephens, vice president of the Confederacy, summed up the Southern attitude in his 1861 Cornerstone Speech.

  • “We look for the qualities that are evocative of V.S.O.P Privilege,” explained Hennessy Senior Vice President Rodney Williams.

  • When we speak against one capital vice, we ought to speak against its opposite; the middle betwixt both is the point for virtue.

  • And it would be hard indeed, if so remote a prince's notions of virtue and vice were to be offered as a standard for all mankind.

  • On the other hand, many men, by their own vice and intemperance, disqualify themselves for conversation.

  • So the first question has been whether to reinforce Gaba Tepe from Helles or vice versa.

  • The chief official of the court is called a chancellor, the others vice chancellors.