vice
Word family adjectivevicelikevicelessvicegerentnounvice-admiralvice-chancellorvicegerencyvice-presidentviceregentvicereineviceroyviceviceroyalty
Crime
vice /vaɪs/ noun 
1 [uncountableU]SCC criminal activities that involve sex or drugs 〔涉及性或毒品的〕罪恶，罪行 the fight against vice on the streets
打击街头犯罪
The police have smashed a vice ring (=a group of criminals involved in vice) in Chicago.
警方捣毁了芝加哥的一个犯罪团伙。
2 [countableC]HABIT a bad habit 恶习
Smoking is my only vice.
吸烟是我唯一的恶习。
3 [countableC, uncountableU]BAD BEHAVIOUR OR ACTIONS a bad or immoral quality in a person, or bad or immoral behaviour 邪恶；劣根性；恶行，不道德行为 OPP virtue
Jealousy is a vice.
妒忌是一种恶行。
to reward virtue and punish vice
赏善罚恶
4 vise American EnglishAmE) a tool that holds an object very firmly so that you can work on it 老虎钳，台钳
→ vice-like He held my arm like a vice.
他的手像老虎钳似的紧紧抓住我的胳膊。
Examples from the Corpus
like a vice• The Harris's gripped like a vice and screeched with delight.• Misery gripped her heart like a vice.• The walls closed on him like a vice.• He simply stood and looked at Guy, aware of rage, like a vice, gripping his ribcage.
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vice• However, drug-taking is a vice, not a crime.• The question remains in both legends equally, nevertheless, as to where virtue ends and vice begins in such pious adventures.• Smoking is one of his few vices.• In spite of his variety of vices, he refuses to let anything age him.• Clive thought she might be a rare type of pervert who gets off on vociferously condemning all the vices she actually practises.
vice- /vaɪs/ prefix
vice-president/chairman etc the person next in rank below someone in authority, who can represent them or act instead of them 副总统/主席等
vice-president/chairman etc of
the vice-captain of the cricket team
板球队的副队长
vice-chairman Derek Edwards
副主席德里克·爱德华兹
(1200-1300) Old French Latin vitium “fault, vice”
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