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单词 vice
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viceprefix

also vice- uk/vaɪs/us/vaɪs/

used as part of the title of particular positions. The person who holds one of these positions is next below in authority to the person who holds the full position and can act for them:

the vice captain of the team
a vice admiral

More examples

  • She is vice-chair of the local Conservative party.
  • I was vice captain of the hockey team.
  • He is vice chairman of the debating society.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Organizations - position & status

  • a rung on/of the ladder idiom
  • apparatchik
  • associate
  • back seat
  • be a big fish in a small pond idiom
  • betters 2
  • brethren
  • comrade
  • echelon
  • entry-level
  • equal
  • fellow
  • founder
  • low-level
  • position
  • role
  • second class
  • senior
  • standing
  • subordinate

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vicenoun

uk/vaɪs/us/vaɪs/

vice noun (FAULT)

C2 [ C or U ] a moral fault or weakness in someone's character:

Greed, pride, envy, and lust are considered to be vices.
mainly humorous My one real vice (= bad habit) is chocolate.

[ U ] illegal and immoral activities, especially involving illegal sex, drugs, etc.:

The chief of police said that he was committed to wiping out vice in the city.

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Morally wrong and evil

  • abhorrent
  • amoral
  • anomie
  • arch-villain
  • be rotten to the core idiom
  • canker
  • darkly
  • evil
  • evildoer
  • go to the bad idiom
  • godless
  • hanky-panky
  • heinous
  • scandalous
  • seamy
  • seedy
  • shocking
  • shockingly
  • wicked
  • wickedness

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You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:

Fraud & corruption
Crime - general words

vice noun (TOOL)

[ C ] mainly UK US usually vise a tool with two parts that can be moved together by tightening a screw so that an object can be held firmly between them while it is being worked on:

Vices are often used to hold pieces of wood that are being cut or smoothed.
Her hand tightened like a vice around his arm.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Tools

  • adze
  • Allen key
  • anvil
  • auger
  • awl
  • axe
  • excavator
  • grappling iron/hook
  • grindstone
  • guillotine
  • hacksaw
  • hatchet
  • plunger
  • rasp
  • reamer
  • sander
  • sandpaper
  • scissor
  • scissors
  • vane

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