| 释义 |
vi·car·i·ous
\(ˈ)vī|ka(a)rēəs, -ker-, -kār- sometimes və̇ˈk-\ adjective
Etymology: Latin vicarius, from vicis change, alternation, stead + -arius -ary — more at week
1. : having the function of a substitute : serving instead of someone or something else : acting for a principal : representing or taking the place of something primary or original : delegated
< memory is vicarious experience in which there is all the emotional value of actual experience — John Dewey >
2. : performed or suffered by one person as a substitute for another or to the benefit or advantage of another : substitutionary
< vicarious sacrifice >
3. : experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another
< was getting a vicarious kick out of watching a fellow female preening herself over the capitulation of the male — Helen Howe >
4. : occurring in an unexpected or abnormal part of the body instead of the usual one
< bleeding from the gums sometimes replaces the discharge from the uterus in vicarious menstruation >
5.
a. : of, relating to, or being closely related kinds of organisms that occur in similar environments or as fossils in corresponding strata but in distinct and often widely separated areas
b. : made up of or characterized by the presence of such organisms
< vicarious pairs >
< a vicarious area > |