Word · Frequency #20503
vicarious
间接的
核心释义
experienced at secondhand
- 1.
被委派的；委托的。
Delegated.
- 2.
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.
- 3.
On behalf of others.
错位的；异位的；代理的；替代的；被委派的；委托的。；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。；代理的
用法In use
She felt a vicarious thrill when her brother won the race.
用法提示：vicarious 是形容词，表示通过他人经历间接获得的感受。
Watching travel videos gives me vicarious pleasure without leaving home.
用法提示：vicarious 为形容词，修饰 pleasure，意为“间接体验的”。
Parents often take vicarious pride in their children's achievements.
用法提示：vicarious 作定语，说明这种自豪是经由他人（孩子）的经历得来的。
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。
feel + vicarious + noun + through + noun/gerund
也可用 experience 或 get，后面常接 through 或 from 引出他人经历的来源。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- vicarious experience
- 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。
- vicarious thrill
- 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。
- vicarious embarrassment
- 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。
- vicarious liability
- 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。
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
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”。
语境与语域Context & Register
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。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
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.