vicarious

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /vɪˈkɛəɹi.əs/|/vaɪˈkɛəɹi.əs/    美 /vɪˈkɛəɹi.əs/|/vaɪˈkɛəɹi.əs/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Delegated. not-comparable
  2. Experienced or gained by taking in another person’s experience rather than through first-hand experience, such as through watching or reading. not-comparable
    — People experience vicarious pleasures through watching television.
  3. On behalf of others. not-comparable
    — The concept of vicarious atonement, that one person can atone for the sins of another, is found in many religions.

词汇关系

衍生词
vicarious atonement vicarious embarrassment vicarious experience vicarious grief vicarious learning vicarious liability vicariously vicarious plants vicarious punishment vicarious reinforcement vicarious traumatization
相关词
vicar

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *weyk-der.
Latin vicis
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -ārius
Latin vicāriusbor.
Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.?
Proto-Italic *-ōtsos or *-otsos
Latin -ōsus
Old French -usbor.
Middle English -ous
English -ous
English vicarious
From Latin vicārius (“vicarious, substituted”) + English -ous. First attested in the 17th century. Doublet of vicar.
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