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 "
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a . [
L .
vicarius ,
from vicis change ,
alternation ,
turn ,
the position ,
place ,
or office of one person as assumed by another ;
akin to Gr .
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kein to yield ,
give way ,
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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 .
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2 .
Acting or suffering for another ;
as ,
a vicarious agent or officer .
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The soul in the body is but a subordinate efficient ,
and vicarious . . .
in the hands of the Almighty .
--
Sir M .
Hale .
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3 .
Performed ,
experienced ,
or suffered in the place of another ;
substituted ;
as ,
a vicarious sacrifice ;
vicarious punishment ;
vicarious pleasure .
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The vicarious work of the Great Deliverer . --
I .
Taylor .
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4 . (
Med .)
Acting as a substitute ; --
said of abnormal action which replaces a suppressed normal function ;
as ,
vicarious hemorrhage replacing menstruation .
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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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