1 [U] criminal activities involving sex or drugs 罪恶活动，道德败坏行为（如卖淫、吸毒）

2 [C] a moral weakness or bad habit 道德弱点；坏习惯: Greed and envy are terrible vices. 贪婪和妒忌是可怕的道德弱点。My only vice is smoking. 我唯一的坏习惯是吸烟。 ☞Look at virtue. 参看virtue。

3 (US 美 vise) [C] a tool that you use to hold a piece of wood, metal, etc firmly while you are working on it 老虎钳 (figurative 比喻) He held my arm in a vice-like (= very firm) grip. 他像老虎钳似的牢牢夹住我的胳膊。