- 1/ˈvɪʃəs/兇惡的、殘暴的；vicious circle 惡性循環
Vicious describes something cruel, violent, and meant to hurt — like a vicious attack or a vicious dog. It's also used in the phrase 'vicious circle' (or 'vicious cycle'), which means a bad situation where one problem causes another problem, which then makes the first one worse, over and over.
示範例句 · Example
Keep away from that dog — the owner says he can be vicious.
逐字離那隻狗遠一點——主人說他可能會很兇狠。
常見搭配
a vicious attack
兇殘的攻擊
a sudden, very violent act that injures someone
Police are looking for witnesses to the vicious attack.
a vicious dog
會咬人的狗
a dog that is likely to bite and hurt people
They put up a sign warning about a vicious dog.
turn vicious
突然變兇
to suddenly start behaving violently
The peaceful crowd turned vicious when the gates closed.
a vicious streak
狠戾的一面
a cruel side to someone's character
Behind the smile there was a vicious streak.
core核心畫面
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
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Viciousname
- 1
A surname.
viciousadj/ˈvɪʃəs/
- 1
Violent, destructive and cruel.
- 2
Savage and aggressive.
- He had always been remarkably immune from such little ailments, and had only once in his life been ill, of a vicious pneumonia long ago at school. He hadn't the faintest idea what to with a cold in the head, he just took quinine and continued to blow his nose.
- 3
archaicPertaining to vice; characterised by immorality or depravity.
- We may so seize on vertue, that if we embrace it with an over-greedy and violent desire, it may become vicious.
- Admiral Crawford was a man of vicious conduct, who chose, instead of retaining his niece, to bring his mistress under his own roof
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