首页vicariousvicarious的意思

vicarious

英 [vɪ'keərɪəs; vaɪ-] 美[vaɪ'kɛrɪəs]
  • adj. 替代的;代理的;发同感的

TEM8GRE畅通词汇

词态变化


副词: vicariously;

助记提示


1. vice-, vicar => vicarious.

中文词源


vicarious 感同身受的

来自拉丁语vicis,改变,交流,继任,来自PIE*weik,弯,转,词源同week,winch.引申词义感同身受的。

英文词源


vicarious (adj.)
1630s, "taking the place of another," from Latin vicarius "that supplies a place; substituted, delegated," from vicis "a change, exchange, interchange; succession, alternation, substitution," from PIE root *weik- (4) "to bend, wind" (cognates: Sanskrit visti "changing, changeable;" Old English wician "to give way, yield," wice "wych elm;" Old Norse vikja "to bend, turn;" Swedish viker "willow twig, wand;" German wechsel "change").

From 1690s as "done or experienced in place of another" (usually in reference to punishment, often of Christ); from 1929 as "experienced imaginatively through another." Related: Vicariously.

双语例句


1. She invents fantasy lives for her own vicarious pleasure.
她幻想过着各种奇妙的生活,从想入非非中获得乐趣。

来自柯林斯例句

2. He got a vicarious thrill out of watching his son score the winning goal.
他看着儿子射入获胜的一球,也同样感到欣喜若狂。

来自《权威词典》

3. He gets vicarious thrills from watching people bungee jumping.
看到别人蹦极他感到了同样的刺激.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. I love reading: I have an insatiable appetite for vicarious experience.
我喜欢读书,对于体验间接经历有一种不能满足的渴求.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. He gained vicarious pleasure from watching people laughing and joking.
他看到人们谈笑,自己也感到很高兴.

来自《简明英汉词典》