| 釋義 |
vicious /'vijas; , vifas/ adj 1 of vice1; given up to vice': 惡的; 邪惡的; 惡行的; 為惡的： ~ practices/ habits; 惡習(xí); a ~ life. 墮落的生活。 2 spiteful; given or done with evil intent: 刻毒的; 有惡意的： a ~ kick/look. 含有惡意的一賜 (一看) 。 3 (of a horse) having bad habits such as biting, kicking, bolting. (指馬) 有惡習(xí) (如咬人、踢人、逃脫) 的; 壞癖的。 4 having faults, corrupt: 有缺點(diǎn)的; 有錯(cuò)誤的; 不正確的; 謗誤的： a ~ argument. 謬誤的論據(jù)。 ~ 'circle, state of affairs in which a cause produces an affect which itself produces the original cause, eg War breeds hate, and hate leads to war again. 惡性循環(huán) (如戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)產(chǎn)生仇恨，仇恨又導(dǎo)致戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng) ) o, -'spiral, continuous rise in one thing (eg prices) caused by a continuous rise in sth else (eg wages). 循環(huán)盤(pán)旋上升 (如工資不斷的增加，造成物價(jià)不斷的上升) 。 ~ly adv ~ness n |