Vice : 악습, 악덕행위, 비행, (섹스/마약관련)범죄, (기계공작에서 공작물을 끼워고정하는 기구)바이스, (직책상) 부, 대리
1)
a vice, meaning a habit which is a weakness in somebody's character
somoking is one of his vices
excessive drinking was never one of his vices
a bad habit
a weakness in character
something that you do that you shouldn't really be doing a moral thought or weakness
pride and envy are considered as vices
one of my great vices is chocolate
curiosity can be a vice you are always wanting to find things
a moral fault
a maral weakness
immoral and illegal activities
prostitution, drugs, sex, illegal sex, pornography, vice squad
his criminal activities were connected with vice and totally morally depraved
it's wicked
the vice squad, to remove or to completely wipe out from our country illegally moral activities sex and drugs and things
notice, now remember the word vicious is not the adjective that describes this
vicious talks about aggressive
a vicious dog
so put that to one sede
2)
a vice, a tool
it's like a clamp that you use for metal working or woodworking
normally it's attached to the bench and it's got two big holders or clamps and you turn it round and these go closer together and they hold somehting for you.
a vice, a thing a tool to hold things on a workbench
to hold objects tightly while you work on them
a vice is an increadibly useful tool
a vice, this tool with two parts that can be moved together by thightening a screw, so you can hold something
notice, you had a grip like a vice, because a vice grips very strongly, a vice-like grip
he is a vice-like grip, that is a quite a common collocation
remember, in the U.S with a 's' , vise
whereas, in British English with a 'c', vice
notice, in British English v-i-c-e vice pronounce vice
in American English v-i-s-e pronounce vice
sound is the same but spell is different
3)
vice as a prefix
this is to show that somebody that has the rank of next of somebody else who holds the title
vice president, second to the president
vice admiral, the person below the admiral
vice captain, you have got the captine and the vice captain
vice chairman
vice says second in charge the person who comes second after the title holder
the rank below the president or the chairman
vice premier
vice principle of the school
Formality : 5.5 for vice squsd
Formality : 5 for vice-like grip
Formality : 5 for vice- as a prefix
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