1. | [u] (与性或毒品有关的)罪行criminal activities that involve sex or drugs |
plain-clothes detectives from the vice squad 取缔性或毒品犯罪行动队的便衣侦探 |
2. | [u][c] 恶行;不道德行为;堕落;邪恶evil or immoral behaviour; an evil or immoral quality in sb's character |
The film ended most satisfactorily: vice punished and virtue rewarded. 这部电影的结尾皆大欢喜:邪恶受到惩治,美德得到报偿。 | |
Greed is a terrible vice. 贪婪是一种恶习。 | |
Cigarettes are my only vice. 我唯一的罪过就是爱抽烟。 |
3. | [c] 台钳;虎钳a tool with two metal blocks that can be moved together by turning a screw. The vice is used to hold an object firmly while work is done on it. |
He held my arm in a vice-like(= very firm) grip . 他的手像虎钳一样紧紧抓住了我的手臂。 |