vices

英 [ˈvaɪsɪz]

美 [ˈvaɪsəz]

n.  (与性或毒品有关的)罪行; 恶行; 不道德行为; 堕落; 邪恶; 台钳; 老虎钳
vice的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 缺点;瑕疵;弱点
  Aviceis 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。
• N-UNCOUNT （尤指与色情业、卖淫行为相关的）犯罪活动,恶行
  Vicerefers 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
• 老虎钳;台钳
  Aviceis 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

双语例句

• Hooker didn't squander his money on flashy cars or other vices
  胡克没有将自己的钱浪费在豪华轿车或其他恶习上。
• She had the vices of her virtues but her constant generosity and unselfishness were felt by all around her.
  尽管她有不足之处，但她一贯大方与无私却是有口皆碑的。
• You've no expensive vices.
  你没有乱花钱的恶习。
• My experience taught me that a man who has no vices has damned few virtues.
  我的经验告诉我，没有缺点的人通常也没有什麽优点。
• All the candidates have their virtues and vices.
  每个候选人都有他们的优点和缺点。
• But the bonanza also risks feeding some Brazilian vices: a spendthrift and corrupt political system;
  但是这一幸运之事也可能助长巴西某些社会恶习的滋生：一个挥霍无度并腐败的政体；
• Rather tell me, has not every kind of life vices peculiarly its own?
  或者你会对我说，每种生活方式都有其独有的罪恶。
• To a philosophic eye the vices of the clergy are far more dangerous than their virtues.
  以哲学的眼光看，一个牧师的罪危险性远少于他的德。
• Gratitude is the least of virtues; ingratitude the worst of vices.
  感恩是最起码的美德，忘恩负义是最不道德的行为。
• The how of virtues and vices, is now essentially described.
  现在我们已经阐述明白美德和恶习是怎么形成的了。