• adj. 替代的；代理的；發(fā)同感的

來自拉丁語vicis,改變，交流，繼任，來自PIE*weik,彎，轉(zhuǎn)，詞源同week,winch.引申詞義感同身受的。

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.

1. She invents fantasy lives for her own vicarious pleasure.

她幻想過著各種奇妙的生活，從想入非非中獲得樂趣。

來自柯林斯例句

2. He got a vicarious thrill out of watching his son score the winning goal.

他看著兒子射入獲勝的一球，也同樣感到欣喜若狂。

來自《權(quán)威詞典》

3. He gets vicarious thrills from watching people bungee jumping.

看到別人蹦極他感到了同樣的刺激.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. I love reading: I have an insatiable appetite for vicarious experience.

我喜歡讀書,對于體驗間接經(jīng)歷有一種不能滿足的渴求.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. He gained vicarious pleasure from watching people laughing and joking.

他看到人們談笑,自己也感到很高興.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》