Definition of vicarious in English:

vicarious

adjective vʌɪˈkɛːrɪəsvɪˈkɛːrɪəs

1Experienced in the imagination through the feelings or actions of another person.
（凭想像）通过他人情感（或行动）感受的，从他人经验间接获得的
this catalogue brings vicarious pleasure in luxury living
这份目录使人间接体验到奢华生活的愉悦。
Example sentencesExamples
- You have a wide circle of devoted buddies and admirers, and you take vicarious pleasure in their successes and accomplishments while inspiring your friends with your own passion for life.
- If there's an experience you really want to have, then all you have to do convince the world they should support you in this expedition, and that your report will give them a vicarious experience worth having paid for.
- His wife realises they're onto a money spinner and people are soon queuing to experience vicarious fame.
- But you can give your mates a good time they could not possibly have had before, and that gives you vicarious pleasure.
- The uninhibited pleasure the various characters take in eating only adds to the reader's vicarious pleasure.
- The chief pleasure of any competently made romantic comedy is the vicarious thrill of experiencing the mutual, inevitable attraction between the leads.
- To begin with, we receive vicarious pleasure in observing the celebrity fulfil our wishes to act in relative freedom of neurotic and societal restraints.
- Empathy and familiarity with someone gives rise to a vicarious capacity to experience his responses, a kind of second nature.
- Today, the topics of interaction tend to be vicarious experiences manufactured by and mediated through one of the major channels of pop culture, be it television, radio or print.
- Situated somewhere between written and spoken language, interviews combine the vicarious pleasures of eavesdropping with the virtuous pursuit of edification.
- By identifying with the characters in the book, children enjoy vicarious experiences without having to run any risk.
- I didn't have any fellow Sox fans with me to enjoy the game with, after all, and I'm certainly highly-evolved enough to value real experiences with friends over vicarious ones with strangers.
- As interested onlookers who take no vicarious pleasure at all from this kind of thing, we will naturally be the first to bring you the scores the moment they are announced.
- As well, tens of thousands of Australians personally involved with this national tragedy are experiencing vicarious trauma, and are bewildered by the continuing inhumane actions of our government.
- And in the process, children become drawn increasingly into the lures of play, of vicarious and sensational experiences far more preferable than work.
- Not to be outdone, television channels too have lined up romantic films for couch potato couples or for the majority who watch these movies to get a vicarious experience of falling in love.
- Yet, curiously, it is a secondary, indirect, and vicarious experience.
- Not much fun for him but a blast of nostalgia for people who used to live there and take a vicarious pleasure in virtual revisiting at a distance.
- A book like it provides a vicarious emotional experience that can be tremendously valuable in helping teens navigate the transition to psychologically mature, healthy, integrated adults.
- And, as is usual with such productions, all the screen tests were telecast as reality television much to the vicarious pleasure of 24 million households across the country.
Synonyms
indirect, second-hand, secondary, derivative, derived, at one remove, surrogate, substitute, substituted, by proxy
empathetic, empathic
2Acting or done for another.
替代别人的
a vicarious atonement
代人赎罪。
Example sentencesExamples
- We found that treatment based on performance mastery produces higher, more generalized, and stronger efficacy expectations than treatment based on vicarious experience alone.
- It is striking that the basic teachings of the Church such as Trinity and vicarious atonement find no mention in the Bible.
- Still, even if expressed by a metaphor some might find ostentatious, vicarious atonement as a concept was nothing outlandish in first-century Jerusalem.
- Social feedback improved writing skills for both modeling and verbal description groups, but it was insufficient for students in the latter group to make up for the absence of vicarious experience.
- Christians believe that to be saved you have to embrace Jesus as the Messiah, you have to believe in vicarious atonement, you have to believe that Jesus died for your sins, you have to believe that Jesus is the Incarnation.
- Most Christians, although they may be suspicious of vicarious confession, do believe in vicarious atonement: the idea that someone's virtue or suffering can benefit someone else.
- A major problem with Wright is that, if he does hold to Christ's vicarious atonement, he believes Christ died for and will save all men.
- Just as childhood pets teach us empathy for another's suffering, vicarious experience lets us in on one of the best-kept secrets of human existence: we are all cut from the same cloth.
- Jews, I had read and heard (including from many Jews), simply do not believe in vicarious atonement, whereas Christians obviously do.

Derivatives

vicariousness

nounvɪˈkɛːrɪəsnəsvʌɪˈkɛːrɪəsnəs

I think it is, I think the passion for justice is very strong in me but the greatest challenge for me in that is where so readily you can get disembodied from the people who are suffering and it can be turned into a cause, vicariousness.
Example sentencesExamples
- Yet, I would prefer to locate the difference between suffering and compassion, not in the intensity of the agony endured, but in the fact that the latter contains an element of intentionality and vicariousness that the former lacks.
- He doling out fates with indecent vicariousness, reveling in his front-row seat at the parade of vices.
- More subtly perhaps, the incamational model of the atonement undercuts the sense of vicariousness that underlies the satisfaction and penal models.

Origin

Mid 17th century: from Latin vicarius 'substitute' (see vicar) + -ous.

Rhymes

Aquarius, calcareous, Darius, denarius, gregarious, hilarious, multifarious, nefarious, omnifarious, precarious, Sagittarius, senarius, Stradivarius, temerarious, various

Definition of vicarious in US English:

vicarious

adjective

1Experienced in the imagination through the feelings or actions of another person.
（凭想像）通过他人情感（或行动）感受的，从他人经验间接获得的
I could glean vicarious pleasure from the struggles of my imaginary film friends
Example sentencesExamples
- Not to be outdone, television channels too have lined up romantic films for couch potato couples or for the majority who watch these movies to get a vicarious experience of falling in love.
- And in the process, children become drawn increasingly into the lures of play, of vicarious and sensational experiences far more preferable than work.
- The uninhibited pleasure the various characters take in eating only adds to the reader's vicarious pleasure.
- I didn't have any fellow Sox fans with me to enjoy the game with, after all, and I'm certainly highly-evolved enough to value real experiences with friends over vicarious ones with strangers.
- To begin with, we receive vicarious pleasure in observing the celebrity fulfil our wishes to act in relative freedom of neurotic and societal restraints.
- Not much fun for him but a blast of nostalgia for people who used to live there and take a vicarious pleasure in virtual revisiting at a distance.
- The chief pleasure of any competently made romantic comedy is the vicarious thrill of experiencing the mutual, inevitable attraction between the leads.
- Situated somewhere between written and spoken language, interviews combine the vicarious pleasures of eavesdropping with the virtuous pursuit of edification.
- Empathy and familiarity with someone gives rise to a vicarious capacity to experience his responses, a kind of second nature.
- As interested onlookers who take no vicarious pleasure at all from this kind of thing, we will naturally be the first to bring you the scores the moment they are announced.
- By identifying with the characters in the book, children enjoy vicarious experiences without having to run any risk.
- But you can give your mates a good time they could not possibly have had before, and that gives you vicarious pleasure.
- And, as is usual with such productions, all the screen tests were telecast as reality television much to the vicarious pleasure of 24 million households across the country.
- Yet, curiously, it is a secondary, indirect, and vicarious experience.
- His wife realises they're onto a money spinner and people are soon queuing to experience vicarious fame.
- As well, tens of thousands of Australians personally involved with this national tragedy are experiencing vicarious trauma, and are bewildered by the continuing inhumane actions of our government.
- Today, the topics of interaction tend to be vicarious experiences manufactured by and mediated through one of the major channels of pop culture, be it television, radio or print.
- A book like it provides a vicarious emotional experience that can be tremendously valuable in helping teens navigate the transition to psychologically mature, healthy, integrated adults.
- If there's an experience you really want to have, then all you have to do convince the world they should support you in this expedition, and that your report will give them a vicarious experience worth having paid for.
- You have a wide circle of devoted buddies and admirers, and you take vicarious pleasure in their successes and accomplishments while inspiring your friends with your own passion for life.
Synonyms
indirect, second-hand, secondary, derivative, derived, at one remove, surrogate, substitute, substituted, by proxy
1. 1.1 Acting or done for another.
  替代别人的
  a vicarious atonement
  代人赎罪。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Jews, I had read and heard (including from many Jews), simply do not believe in vicarious atonement, whereas Christians obviously do.
  Social feedback improved writing skills for both modeling and verbal description groups, but it was insufficient for students in the latter group to make up for the absence of vicarious experience.
  Just as childhood pets teach us empathy for another's suffering, vicarious experience lets us in on one of the best-kept secrets of human existence: we are all cut from the same cloth.
  A major problem with Wright is that, if he does hold to Christ's vicarious atonement, he believes Christ died for and will save all men.
  Most Christians, although they may be suspicious of vicarious confession, do believe in vicarious atonement: the idea that someone's virtue or suffering can benefit someone else.
  Christians believe that to be saved you have to embrace Jesus as the Messiah, you have to believe in vicarious atonement, you have to believe that Jesus died for your sins, you have to believe that Jesus is the Incarnation.
  We found that treatment based on performance mastery produces higher, more generalized, and stronger efficacy expectations than treatment based on vicarious experience alone.
  Still, even if expressed by a metaphor some might find ostentatious, vicarious atonement as a concept was nothing outlandish in first-century Jerusalem.
  It is striking that the basic teachings of the Church such as Trinity and vicarious atonement find no mention in the Bible.
2. 1.2Physiology Of or pertaining to the performance by one organ of the functions normally discharged by another.

Origin

Mid 17th century: from Latin vicarius ‘substitute’ (see vicar) + -ous.

单词	vicarious
释义	Definition of vicarious in English: vicarious adjective vʌɪˈkɛːrɪəsvɪˈkɛːrɪəs 1Experienced in the imagination through the feelings or actions of another person. （凭想像）通过他人情感（或行动）感受的，从他人经验间接获得的 this catalogue brings vicarious pleasure in luxury living 这份目录使人间接体验到奢华生活的愉悦。 Example sentencesExamples You have a wide circle of devoted buddies and admirers, and you take vicarious pleasure in their successes and accomplishments while inspiring your friends with your own passion for life. If there's an experience you really want to have, then all you have to do convince the world they should support you in this expedition, and that your report will give them a vicarious experience worth having paid for. His wife realises they're onto a money spinner and people are soon queuing to experience vicarious fame. But you can give your mates a good time they could not possibly have had before, and that gives you vicarious pleasure. The uninhibited pleasure the various characters take in eating only adds to the reader's vicarious pleasure. The chief pleasure of any competently made romantic comedy is the vicarious thrill of experiencing the mutual, inevitable attraction between the leads. To begin with, we receive vicarious pleasure in observing the celebrity fulfil our wishes to act in relative freedom of neurotic and societal restraints. Empathy and familiarity with someone gives rise to a vicarious capacity to experience his responses, a kind of second nature. Today, the topics of interaction tend to be vicarious experiences manufactured by and mediated through one of the major channels of pop culture, be it television, radio or print. Situated somewhere between written and spoken language, interviews combine the vicarious pleasures of eavesdropping with the virtuous pursuit of edification. By identifying with the characters in the book, children enjoy vicarious experiences without having to run any risk. I didn't have any fellow Sox fans with me to enjoy the game with, after all, and I'm certainly highly-evolved enough to value real experiences with friends over vicarious ones with strangers. As interested onlookers who take no vicarious pleasure at all from this kind of thing, we will naturally be the first to bring you the scores the moment they are announced. As well, tens of thousands of Australians personally involved with this national tragedy are experiencing vicarious trauma, and are bewildered by the continuing inhumane actions of our government. And in the process, children become drawn increasingly into the lures of play, of vicarious and sensational experiences far more preferable than work. Not to be outdone, television channels too have lined up romantic films for couch potato couples or for the majority who watch these movies to get a vicarious experience of falling in love. Yet, curiously, it is a secondary, indirect, and vicarious experience. Not much fun for him but a blast of nostalgia for people who used to live there and take a vicarious pleasure in virtual revisiting at a distance. A book like it provides a vicarious emotional experience that can be tremendously valuable in helping teens navigate the transition to psychologically mature, healthy, integrated adults. And, as is usual with such productions, all the screen tests were telecast as reality television much to the vicarious pleasure of 24 million households across the country. Synonyms indirect, second-hand, secondary, derivative, derived, at one remove, surrogate, substitute, substituted, by proxy empathetic, empathic 2Acting or done for another. 替代别人的 a vicarious atonement 代人赎罪。 Example sentencesExamples We found that treatment based on performance mastery produces higher, more generalized, and stronger efficacy expectations than treatment based on vicarious experience alone. It is striking that the basic teachings of the Church such as Trinity and vicarious atonement find no mention in the Bible. Still, even if expressed by a metaphor some might find ostentatious, vicarious atonement as a concept was nothing outlandish in first-century Jerusalem. Social feedback improved writing skills for both modeling and verbal description groups, but it was insufficient for students in the latter group to make up for the absence of vicarious experience. Christians believe that to be saved you have to embrace Jesus as the Messiah, you have to believe in vicarious atonement, you have to believe that Jesus died for your sins, you have to believe that Jesus is the Incarnation. Most Christians, although they may be suspicious of vicarious confession, do believe in vicarious atonement: the idea that someone's virtue or suffering can benefit someone else. A major problem with Wright is that, if he does hold to Christ's vicarious atonement, he believes Christ died for and will save all men. Just as childhood pets teach us empathy for another's suffering, vicarious experience lets us in on one of the best-kept secrets of human existence: we are all cut from the same cloth. Jews, I had read and heard (including from many Jews), simply do not believe in vicarious atonement, whereas Christians obviously do. Derivatives vicariousness nounvɪˈkɛːrɪəsnəsvʌɪˈkɛːrɪəsnəs I think it is, I think the passion for justice is very strong in me but the greatest challenge for me in that is where so readily you can get disembodied from the people who are suffering and it can be turned into a cause, vicariousness. Example sentencesExamples Yet, I would prefer to locate the difference between suffering and compassion, not in the intensity of the agony endured, but in the fact that the latter contains an element of intentionality and vicariousness that the former lacks. He doling out fates with indecent vicariousness, reveling in his front-row seat at the parade of vices. More subtly perhaps, the incamational model of the atonement undercuts the sense of vicariousness that underlies the satisfaction and penal models. Origin Mid 17th century: from Latin vicarius 'substitute' (see vicar) + -ous. Rhymes Aquarius, calcareous, Darius, denarius, gregarious, hilarious, multifarious, nefarious, omnifarious, precarious, Sagittarius, senarius, Stradivarius, temerarious, various Definition of vicarious in US English: vicarious adjective 1Experienced in the imagination through the feelings or actions of another person. （凭想像）通过他人情感（或行动）感受的，从他人经验间接获得的 I could glean vicarious pleasure from the struggles of my imaginary film friends Example sentencesExamples Not to be outdone, television channels too have lined up romantic films for couch potato couples or for the majority who watch these movies to get a vicarious experience of falling in love. And in the process, children become drawn increasingly into the lures of play, of vicarious and sensational experiences far more preferable than work. The uninhibited pleasure the various characters take in eating only adds to the reader's vicarious pleasure. I didn't have any fellow Sox fans with me to enjoy the game with, after all, and I'm certainly highly-evolved enough to value real experiences with friends over vicarious ones with strangers. To begin with, we receive vicarious pleasure in observing the celebrity fulfil our wishes to act in relative freedom of neurotic and societal restraints. Not much fun for him but a blast of nostalgia for people who used to live there and take a vicarious pleasure in virtual revisiting at a distance. The chief pleasure of any competently made romantic comedy is the vicarious thrill of experiencing the mutual, inevitable attraction between the leads. Situated somewhere between written and spoken language, interviews combine the vicarious pleasures of eavesdropping with the virtuous pursuit of edification. Empathy and familiarity with someone gives rise to a vicarious capacity to experience his responses, a kind of second nature. As interested onlookers who take no vicarious pleasure at all from this kind of thing, we will naturally be the first to bring you the scores the moment they are announced. By identifying with the characters in the book, children enjoy vicarious experiences without having to run any risk. But you can give your mates a good time they could not possibly have had before, and that gives you vicarious pleasure. And, as is usual with such productions, all the screen tests were telecast as reality television much to the vicarious pleasure of 24 million households across the country. Yet, curiously, it is a secondary, indirect, and vicarious experience. His wife realises they're onto a money spinner and people are soon queuing to experience vicarious fame. As well, tens of thousands of Australians personally involved with this national tragedy are experiencing vicarious trauma, and are bewildered by the continuing inhumane actions of our government. Today, the topics of interaction tend to be vicarious experiences manufactured by and mediated through one of the major channels of pop culture, be it television, radio or print. A book like it provides a vicarious emotional experience that can be tremendously valuable in helping teens navigate the transition to psychologically mature, healthy, integrated adults. If there's an experience you really want to have, then all you have to do convince the world they should support you in this expedition, and that your report will give them a vicarious experience worth having paid for. You have a wide circle of devoted buddies and admirers, and you take vicarious pleasure in their successes and accomplishments while inspiring your friends with your own passion for life. Synonyms indirect, second-hand, secondary, derivative, derived, at one remove, surrogate, substitute, substituted, by proxy 1.1 Acting or done for another. 替代别人的 a vicarious atonement 代人赎罪。 Example sentencesExamples Jews, I had read and heard (including from many Jews), simply do not believe in vicarious atonement, whereas Christians obviously do. Social feedback improved writing skills for both modeling and verbal description groups, but it was insufficient for students in the latter group to make up for the absence of vicarious experience. Just as childhood pets teach us empathy for another's suffering, vicarious experience lets us in on one of the best-kept secrets of human existence: we are all cut from the same cloth. A major problem with Wright is that, if he does hold to Christ's vicarious atonement, he believes Christ died for and will save all men. Most Christians, although they may be suspicious of vicarious confession, do believe in vicarious atonement: the idea that someone's virtue or suffering can benefit someone else. Christians believe that to be saved you have to embrace Jesus as the Messiah, you have to believe in vicarious atonement, you have to believe that Jesus died for your sins, you have to believe that Jesus is the Incarnation. We found that treatment based on performance mastery produces higher, more generalized, and stronger efficacy expectations than treatment based on vicarious experience alone. Still, even if expressed by a metaphor some might find ostentatious, vicarious atonement as a concept was nothing outlandish in first-century Jerusalem. It is striking that the basic teachings of the Church such as Trinity and vicarious atonement find no mention in the Bible. 1.2Physiology Of or pertaining to the performance by one organ of the functions normally discharged by another. Origin Mid 17th century: from Latin vicarius ‘substitute’ (see vicar) + -ous.
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