1 [U] criminal activities involving sex or drugs 罪恶活动,道德败坏行为(如卖淫、吸毒)
2 [C] a moral weakness or bad habit 道德弱点;坏习惯:
Greed and envy are terrible vices.贪婪和妒忌是可怕的道德弱点。My only vice is smoking.我唯一的坏习惯是吸烟。☞Look at virtue. 参看virtue。
3 (US 美 vise) [C] a tool that you use to hold a piece of wood, metal, etc firmly while you are working on it 老虎钳 (figurative 比喻)
He held my arm in a vice-like (= very firm) grip.他像老虎钳似的牢牢夹住我的胳膊。
vice/vaIs; vaIs/n 1 [U] criminal activities that involve sex or drugs〔涉及性或毒品的〕罪恶﹐罪行2 [C] a bad habit or a bad part of someone's character 不良习惯;〔性格上的〕缺陷: Smoking is my only vice. 抽烟是我唯一的不良习惯。3 [C] BrE a tool used to hold something firmly while you work on it, for example to hold a piece of wood while you cut it [ vise AmE 【美】]【英】老虎钳﹐台钳
vicevicevicesvicedvicingnoun1(no plural) criminal activities involving sex or drugs: detectives from the vice squad2(pluralvices) a moral weakness or bad habit