vice

noun

1. （与性或毒品有关的）罪行
   criminal activities that involve sex or drugs
   1. plain-clothes detectives from the vice squad
      取缔性或毒品犯罪行动队的便衣侦探
2. 恶行；不道德行为；堕落；邪恶
   evil or immoral behaviour; an evil or immoral quality in sb's character
   1. The film ended most satisfactorily: vice punished and virtue rewarded.
      这部电影的结尾皆大欢喜：邪恶受到惩治，美德得到报偿。
   2. Greed is a terrible vice.
      贪婪是一种恶习。
   3. Cigarettes are my only vice.
      我唯一的罪过就是爱抽烟。
3. 台钳；老虎钳
   a tool with two metal blocks that can be moved together by turning a screw. The vice is used to hold an object firmly while work is done on it.
   1. He held my arm in a vice-like (= very firm) grip .
      他的手像老虎钳一样紧紧抓住了我的手臂。

1. N-COUNT 缺点;瑕疵;弱点
   A vice is a habit which is regarded as a weakness in someone's character, but not usually as a serious fault.
   1. His only vice is to get drunk on champagne after concluding a successful piece of business...
      他唯一的缺点就是在成功做成一笔生意后会大喝香槟而醉。
   2. Intellectual pretension was never one of his vices.
      他从来不附庸风雅。
2. N-UNCOUNT （尤指与色情业、卖淫行为相关的）犯罪活动,恶行
   Vice refers to criminal activities, especially those connected with pornography or prostitution.
   1. He said those responsible for offences connected with vice, gaming and drugs should be deported on conviction.
      他说，那些被指控与卖淫、赌博和吸毒有关的人一旦罪名成立就应该被驱逐出境。
   2. ...allegations of how she worked in a 'seedy vice den'.
      对她在“肮脏淫窝”里如何工作的说法
3. 老虎钳;台钳
   A vice is a tool with a pair of parts that hold an object tightly while you do work on it.

in AM, use 美国英语用 vise

1. By the time I was Vice Chancellor, Senate had become a much larger and a much more democratic body
   到了我当校长的时候，大学评议会的人员规模已显著扩大，也变得更加民主了。
2. His vice president also had to resign in disgrace
   他的副总统也被迫不光彩地辞去职务。
3. He was to remain active in the association, latterly as vice president, for the rest of his life
   他此后一生都活跃于协会中，后来还当上了副会长。
4. I think that the vice president was in the loop
   我认为副总统是局内人。
5. His nominee for vice president was elected only after a second ballot
   他提名的副总统在两轮投票后才当选。
6. The vice president insisted that he supported the hard-working people of New York
   副总统坚称他支持辛勤工作的纽约人。
7. The vice president said the cartoonist has a personal vendetta against him
   副总裁说那个漫画家和他有私怨。
8. His only vice is to get drunk on champagne after concluding a successful piece of business
   他唯一的缺点就是在成功做成一笔生意后会大喝香槟而醉。
9. Intellectual pretension was never one of his vices.
   他从来不附庸风雅。
10. He said those responsible for offences connected with vice, gaming and drugs should be deported on conviction.
    他说，那些被指控与卖淫、赌博和吸毒有关的人一旦罪名成立就应该被驱逐出境。
11. Teachers qualified to teach in England are not accepted in Scotland and vice versa.
    在英格兰有教书资格的老师在苏格兰得不到认可，反之亦然。
12. He assailed the vice of the time.
    他抨击当代罪人。
13. They are sunk in the depth of vice.
    他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。
14. The Ambassador of* asks for an appointment with the Vice Foreign Minister.
    某大使要求约见外交部副部长。
15. The vice of drinking is increasing.
    酗酒之风正在增长。
16. He is sunk in the depths of vice.
    他堕入罪恶的深渊。
17. Lying and cruelty are vice.
    说谎和残暴都是道德败坏的行为。
18. Smoking is a harmful vice.
    吸烟是一种有害的恶习。
19. Xiaoping li, vice chair of dugong law firm, bachelor of law, graduated from Southwest University of political science and law ( swupl), and a present master in swupl.
    李小平，重庆大工律师事务所副主任、合伙律师，西南政法大学经济法系法学学士毕业，现为西南政法大学在册硕士研究生。
20. Trollope's hero and anti-hero personify the excess of virtue and the excess of vice which in his philosophy threatens the British golden mean.
    特罗洛普的小说的主角与非正统派主角把过分的善与过分的恶都人格化了，这按照他的哲学威胁着英国的中庸之道。
21. When the president died, the vice president was chosen to head the firm.
    总裁去世后，大家选举副总裁为公司主管领导。
22. It was announced the vice director had filed his resignation.
    已公布副局长书面提出辞呈。
23. Ingratitude is a despicable vice.
    忘恩负义是可鄙的不道德行为。
24. We gossip about them and vice versa.
    我们议论他们，他们也议论我们。
25. Vice chairman John Surma announced the decision.
    副董事长JohnSurma宣布了该决定。
26. He violated the law and his vice would be punished.
    他违反了法律，他的邪恶将受到惩罚。
27. In a conference call with reporters, BP senior vice president Kent Wells explained.
    在与记者的电话会议上，bp高级副总裁肯特.维尔斯对这个工程进行了解释。
28. Laura and I wish the vice president and Senator Lieberman and their families the very best.
    劳拉和我都深深祝福副总统戈尔以及利伯曼参议员和他们的家人。
29. Our vice principal already assumes you are going.
    我已经和副校长说过了。
30. The vice president's involved in this.
    连副总统都牵涉在这件事里。

noun

1. a specific form of evildoing
   1. vice offends the moral standards of the community

2. moral weakness

   Synonym:    frailty