Friday, May 17, 2013

vicarious如何配搭使用?

曾經見過vicariously liable這樣的配搭?

(1) vicarious源自拉丁文,有「代理」之意。
(2) vicarious主要有下列意思,以配搭來表示:
vicarious suffering 替人受苦
vicarious sacrifice 為人犧牲
vicarious punishment 代人受罰
vicarious authority 代理(職)權
vicarious element 代用元素
例如:
His success gave her vicarious pleasure.
他的成功給她如同身受的快樂。
(3) vicariously是vicarious的副詞,意思類似。vicariously liable意為代人負責,例如:

A company may be vicariously liable for an offence committed by its employee.

公司可能要為員工所犯罪行負責。

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