vicarious
US: /vaɪˈkɛɹiəs/
UK: /vɪkˈeəɹɪəs/
UK: /vɪkˈeəɹɪəs/
English Vietnamese dictionary
vicarious /vai'keəriəs/
- tính từ
- đại biểu, được uỷ nhiệm
- vicarious authority: quyền đại biểu
- chịu thay cho
- vicarious punishment: sự trừng phạt chịu thay cho người khác
- làm thay người khác vì người khác
- vicarious work: công việc làm thay cho người khác
- (y học) thay thế (phép điều trị)
- đại biểu, được uỷ nhiệm
Advanced English dictionary
+ adjective
[only before noun] felt or experienced by watching or reading about sb else doing sth, rather than by doing it yourself: He got a vicarious thrill out of watching his son score the winning goal.
vicariously adverb
Thesaurus dictionary
adj.
surrogate, delegated, deputed, commissioned, assigned, indirect, substituted:
He derived vicarious pleasure from seeing his children do the things that he no longer could.
Concise English dictionary
vaɪ'kerɪəs /vɪ'keər-
adj.
+experienced at secondhand
+occurring in an abnormal part of the body instead of the usual site involved in that function
+suffered or done by one person as a substitute for another
