mass noun
1- immoral or wicked behaviour邪恶行为; 缺德行为。
1.1
- criminal activities involving prostitution, pornography, or drugs（卖淫、色情或毒品等）犯罪行为。
1.2
- count noun an immoral or wicked personal characteristic（人品）缺德; 邪恶。
1.3
- count noun a weakness of character or behaviour; a bad habit（性格或行为的）弱点; 坏习惯：
cigars happen to be my father's vice.
抽雪茄恰好是我父亲的坏习惯。
1.4
- （亦作stable vice）[count noun] a bad or neurotic habit of stabled horses, typically arising as a result of boredom（尤指马厩里马因厌倦而出现的）劣性, 恶癖。
派生词
viceless
adjective词源
Middle English: via Old French from Latin vitium.
( <美> vise)
- a metal tool with movable jaws which are used to hold an object firmly in place while work is done on it, typically attached to a workbench（尤指装在工作台上的）虎头钳, 台钳。
派生词
vice-like
adjective词源
Middle English (denoting a screw or winch)： from Old French vis, from Latin vitis 'vine'.
- as a substitute for代, 代替：
the letter was drafted by David Hunt, vice Bevin who was ill.
那封信是由大卫·亨特代病中的贝文草拟的。
词源
Latin， ablative of vic- 'change'.
- informal short for VICE-PRESIDENT, VICE ADMIRAL, etc.〈非正式〉 VICE-PRESIDENT, VICE ADMIRAL等的简称。