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vicarious + noun
vicarious 常作定语，修饰表示情感或经历的名词，如 excitement、pleasure、embarrassment，指因他人经历而产生的感受。
She felt vicarious excitement when her friend got the job.
当朋友得到那份工作时，她感受到间接的兴奋。
间接的
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间接的
experienced at secondhand
She felt vicarious excitement when her friend got the job.
当朋友得到那份工作时，她感受到间接的兴奋。
被委派的；委托的。
Delegated.
通过感受他人的经历而非亲身经历而获得或体验的,如通过观看或阅读。
Experienced or gained by taking in another person’s experience rather than through first-hand experience, such as through watching or reading.
On behalf of others.
She felt a vicarious thrill when her brother won the race.
当她的哥哥赢得比赛时，她感受到一种间接的兴奋。
Watching travel videos gives me vicarious pleasure without leaving home.
观看旅游视频让我足不出户就能获得间接的乐趣。
Parents often take vicarious pride in their children's achievements.
父母常常因孩子的成就而感到间接的自豪。
vicarious 常作定语，修饰表示情感或经历的名词，如 excitement、pleasure、embarrassment，指因他人经历而产生的感受。
She felt vicarious excitement when her friend got the job.
当朋友得到那份工作时，她感受到间接的兴奋。
也可用 experience 或 get，后面常接 through 或 from 引出他人经历的来源。
She felt vicarious embarrassment through her daughter's awkward speech.
她从女儿尴尬的演讲中感受到了替代性的难堪。
这种表语用法较少见，多用于正式语境，强调感受不是直接得来的。
His interest in the sport was entirely vicarious.
他对这项运动的兴趣纯粹是间接的。
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间接体验；替代性体验
Reading travel blogs gives me a vicarious experience of places I may never visit.
阅读旅游博客让我间接体验到可能永远不会去的地方。
替代性的兴奋；间接获得的刺激
She gets a vicarious thrill from watching her daughter perform on stage.
看着女儿在台上表演，她感受到一种替代性的兴奋。
替别人感到的尴尬；间接尴尬
I felt vicarious embarrassment when the speaker forgot his lines.
当演讲者忘记台词时，我替他感到尴尬。
替代责任；转承责任
Under the law, employers have vicarious liability for their employees' actions.
根据法律，雇主对其雇员的行为承担替代责任。
替代性创伤；间接创伤
Therapists often suffer from vicarious trauma after hearing clients' painful stories.
治疗师在听到来访者痛苦的故事后，常常会遭受替代性创伤。
从……中获得间接的快乐
She takes vicarious pleasure in her daughter's success.
她从女儿的成功中感受到间接的快乐。
替代性尴尬；替人感到尴尬
I felt vicarious embarrassment when my friend tripped on stage.
我朋友在台上绊倒时，我替他感到尴尬。
间接体验；替代性经验
Travel blogs give me a vicarious experience of places I've never visited.
旅行博客让我间接体验到从未去过的地方。
我间接地活着，而整个世界正在死去。
In the song "Vicarious", the singer describes getting a vicarious thrill from watching disasters on the news.
在歌曲《Vicarious》中，歌手描述了从新闻中观看灾难所获得的替代性快感。
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vicarious 像 vicar（代理牧师）+ious，联想代理牧师替你经历感受，即“间接的、替代的”。
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常聊天（谈论替代体验）、书评／影评／观后感、正式写作或演讲 这里取‘间接体验、替代性感受’的常用义（如 vicarious pleasure）。该词在口语和书面语中都常见，正式程度中等，通常放在名词前作定语。医学中的‘异位的’义项属于专业语境，需另作学习。
All five words end in -arious and rhyme with vicarious in the stressed /ɛəriəs/ sound. Note that various has the stress on the first syllable but still rhymes. Beware lookalikes such as curious /ˈkjʊəriəs/ and furious /ˈfjʊəriəs/, whose vowel is /ʊə/, not /ɛə/.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.