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

• You've no expensive vices.
  你没有乱花钱的恶习。
• When he was using, the actor said his biggest vices were drinking and opiates.
  他说，自己最大的恶习就是酗酒和吸毒。
• 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。
• I concentrate on spiritual studies, resist vices, and pray often.
  我一心扑在精神研究上，抵抗罪恶，时常祈祷。
• Whole societies become infected by these vices.
  整个社会都被这些恶习所腐蚀。
• We will always be afflicted with the vices of a political constitution.
  我们经常因为宪法的缺陷而遭受折磨。
• 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；
• She defeated the bad guy by virtue of her courage and by a pair of vices.
  由于她的勇气和借助一对老虎钳，她打败了那个坏蛋。
• All the candidates have their virtues and vices.
  每个候选人都有他们的优点和缺点。
• 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。