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

• 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。
• He swept away the virtues and the vices, the established laws of good and evil.
  他把美德和犯罪，把法律规定的所谓善和恶，统统置之度外。
• Gluttong and drunkenness have been called carnal vices.
  贪食和嗜酒被称为肉体上的罪恶。
• 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。
• Hate no one; hate their vices, not themselves.
  不要恨人；恨他们的罪恶，不是他们自己。
• When he was using, the actor said his biggest vices were drinking and opiates.
  他说，自己最大的恶习就是酗酒和吸毒。
• As we have said, he had no vices.
  他一点也没有不良的嗜好，我们已经说过。
• He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.
  他拥有所有我不喜欢的优点，但没有任何我喜欢的缺点。
• I cannot forget the follies and vices of others so soon as I ought, nor their offences against myself.
  别人的愚蠢和过错我本应该赶快忘掉，却偏偏忘不掉；人家得罪了我，我也忘不掉。
• 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。