vice

中文意思

n. 恶习
Smoking is a bad vice that he has tried to quit for years.
吸烟是他多年来一直试图戒掉的一个不良恶习。
n. 罪恶
The police are working hard to fight against crime and vice in the city.
警方正在努力打击城市里的犯罪与罪恶。
n. 缺陷
Impatience is perhaps the only vice in her otherwise perfect character.
急躁性格大概是她完美性格中唯一的缺陷了。
n. 老虎钳
The carpenter fixed the wooden block tightly in the vice before sawing it.
木工在锯木头之前，把木块紧紧地固定在老虎钳上。
v. 钳住
He viced the metal pipe securely to keep it from moving while he worked.
他把金属管牢牢钳住，以防工作时它发生移动。
prep. 代替
She was appointed to chair the meeting vice the manager, who was ill.
她被任命代替生病的经理主持会议。