英漢辭典

1. n. (名詞 noun)
   1. 不道德

2. 2. 罪惡,惡行,墮落行為

3. 3. 惡習,壞習慣

4. 4. 賣淫

5. 5. (馬、犬等的)惡性

6. 6. (組織、制度、性格、文體等的)缺點,毛病

7. 7. [史] (英國勸善劇中代表邪惡的)丑角

8. 8. 惡人

   Drunkenness is a vice.

   酗酒是一種惡習.

   virtue and vice

   美德和邪惡

9. 9. [廢] 身體的缺陷,疾病

柯林斯英英辭典

n. (noun)

1. an immoral, wicked, or evil habit, action, or trait

2. habitual or frequent indulgence in pernicious, immoral, or degrading practices

3. a specific form of pernicious conduct, esp prostitution or sexual perversion

4. a failing or imperfection in character, conduct, etc

smoking is his only vice

5. [pathol] [obsolete] any physical defect or imperfection

6. a bad trick or disposition, as of horses, dogs, etc

7. [Etymology] C13: via Old French from Latin vitium a defect

n. (noun)

1. an appliance for holding an object while work is done upon it, usually having a pair of jaws

vt. (transitive verb)

1. [tr] to grip (something) with or as if with a vice

2. [Etymology] C15: from Old French vis a screw, from Latin vitis vine, plant with spiralling tendrils (hence the later meaning)

adj. (adjective)

1. [prenominal] serving in the place of or as a deputy for

2. (in combination)

viceroy

n. (noun)

1. [informal] a person who serves as a deputy to another

2. [Etymology] C18: from Latin vice, from vicis interchange

prep. (preposition)

1. instead of; as a substitute for

2. [Etymology] C16: from Latin, ablative of vicis change