vices

英 [ˈvaɪsɪz]

美 [ˈvaɪsəz]

n.  (与性或毒品有关的)罪行; 恶行; 不道德行为; 堕落; 邪恶; 台钳; 老虎钳
vice的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 缺点;瑕疵;弱点
  Aviceis a habit which is regarded as a weakness in someone's character, but not usually as a serious fault.
  1. His only vice is to get drunk on champagne after concluding a successful piece of business...
     他唯一的缺点就是在成功做成一笔生意后会大喝香槟而醉。
  2. Intellectual pretension was never one of his vices.
     他从来不附庸风雅。
• N-UNCOUNT （尤指与色情业、卖淫行为相关的）犯罪活动,恶行
  Vicerefers to criminal activities, especially those connected with pornography or prostitution.
  1. He said those responsible for offences connected with vice, gaming and drugs should be deported on conviction.
     他说，那些被指控与卖淫、赌博和吸毒有关的人一旦罪名成立就应该被驱逐出境。
  2. ...allegations of how she worked in a 'seedy vice den'.
     对她在“肮脏淫窝”里如何工作的说法
• 老虎钳;台钳
  Aviceis a tool with a pair of parts that hold an object tightly while you do work on it.

in AM, use 美国英语用 vise

双语例句

• We will always be afflicted with the vices of a political constitution.
  我们经常因为宪法的缺陷而遭受折磨。
• She defeated the bad guy by virtue of her courage and by a pair of vices.
  由于她的勇气和借助一对老虎钳，她打败了那个坏蛋。
• My experience taught me that a man who has no vices has damned few virtues.
  我的经验告诉我，没有缺点的人通常也没有什麽优点。
• It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.
  我的经验是不说话的人也没什么美德。
• Lying and cruelty are vices.
  说谎和残暴均是恶劣的行为。
• To a philosophic eye the vices of the clergy are far more dangerous than their virtues.
  以哲学的眼光看，一个牧师的罪危险性远少于他的德。
• I tend to be tolerant of most vices in life, and also in investing.
  我倾向于容忍生活中的大部分不道德行为，在投资方面也是如此。
• All the candidates have their virtues and vices.
  每个候选人都有他们的优点和缺点。
• I find it hard to forgive the follies and vices of others.
  我发现我很难原谅别人的愚蠢和恶习。
• Whole societies become infected by these vices.
  整个社会都被这些恶习所腐蚀。