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vicarious 音標拼音: [vɑɪk'ɛriəs] a. 代理的,擔任代理的,替身的 代理的,擔任代理的,替身的 vicarious adj 1: experienced at secondhand; " read about mountain climbing and felt vicarious excitement" 2: occurring in an abnormal part of the body instead of the usual site involved in that function; " vicarious menstruation" 3: suffered or done by one person as a substitute for another; " vicarious atonement" Vicarious \ Vi* ca" ri* ous\ ( v[- i]* k[= a]"[ i^]*[ u^] s), a. [ L. vicarius, from vicis change, alternation, turn, the position, place, or office of one person as assumed by another; akin to Gr. e' i` kein to yield, give way, G. wechsel a change, and probably also to E. weak. See { Weak}, and cf. { Vice}, prep.] 1. Of or pertaining to a vicar, substitute, or deputy; deputed; delegated; as, vicarious power or authority. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Acting or suffering for another; as, a vicarious agent or officer. [ 1913 Webster] The soul in the body is but a subordinate efficient, and vicarious . . . in the hands of the Almighty. -- Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Performed, experienced, or suffered in the place of another; substituted; as, a vicarious sacrifice; vicarious punishment; vicarious pleasure. [ 1913 Webster PJC] The vicarious work of the Great Deliverer. -- I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster] 4. ( Med.) Acting as a substitute; -- said of abnormal action which replaces a suppressed normal function; as, vicarious hemorrhage replacing menstruation. [ 1913 Webster] 30 Moby Thesaurus words for " vicarious": alternate, alternative, assigned, backup, commissioned, counterfeit, delegated, dummy, equivalent, ersatz, fake, imitation, indirect, makeshift, mock, phony, pinch, provisional, proxy, reserve, secondary, spare, stopgap, substitute, substituted, surrogate, temporary, tentative, token, utility
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