vice

I noun

(a kind of strong tool for holding an object firmly, usually between two metal jaws: The carpenter held the piece of wood in a vice; He has a grip like a vice.) primež

II noun

1) (a serious moral fault: Continual lying is a vice.) pregreha

2) (a bad habit: Smoking is not one of my vices.) razvada

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I [váis]

noun

pregreha, pregrešnost, pokvarjenost, sprijenost, razvratnost, nemoralno življenje; napaka, grda navada, razvada, slabost; (telesna) hiba; izroditev, spačenost (stila)

my horse has one vice, he can't stand blinkers — moj konj ima eno hibo, ne more prenašati plašnic

to inveigh against the vices — bičati razvratnost, pregrehe

II [váis]

1.

noun

technical

primež, primož; precep

as firm as a vice — trden (čvrst) kot primež

a vice-like grip — železen, močan prijem (stisk)

he has a grip like a vice — on ima železen prijem

to grip like a vice — prijeti, zgrabiti kot primež;

2.

transitive verb

stisniti, ukleščiti (s primežem), priviti; utrditi, držati kot v primežu, stisniti v primež

my foot was viced between two rocks — noga se mi je zagozdila med dve skali

III [váis]

noun

colloquially predpredsednik; podravnatelj, pomočnik direktorja

IV [váisi]

preposition

namesto (koga, česa)

he was appointed director vice Mr. Smith, who resigned — bil je imenovan za direktorja namesto g. Smitha, ki je odšel v pokoj