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 vi·car·i·ous /vaɪˈkɛriəs, və, ˈkær-/
 (a.)代理的,擔任代理的,替身的

 vi·car·i·ous /vaɪˈkɛrɪəs, və, ˈkær-/ 形容詞
 替代的,錯位的

 Vi·ca·ri·ous a.
 1. Of or pertaining to a vicar, substitute, or deputy; deputed; delegated; as, vicarious power or authority.
 2. Acting or suffering for another; as, a vicarious agent or officer.
    The soul in the body is but a subordinate efficient, and vicarious . . . in the hands of the Almighty.   --Sir M. Hale.
 3. Performed ,experienced, or suffered in the place of another; substituted; as, a vicarious sacrifice; vicarious punishment; vicarious pleasure.
    The vicarious work of the Great Deliverer.   --I. Taylor.
 4. Med. Acting as a substitute; -- said of abnormal action which replaces a suppressed normal function; as, vicarious hemorrhage replacing menstruation.
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 vicarious
      adj 1: experienced at secondhand; "read about mountain climbing and
             felt vicarious excitement"
      2: occurring in an abnormal part of the body instead of the
         usual site involved in that function; "vicarious
         menstruation"
      3: suffered or done by one person as a substitute for another;
         "vicarious atonement"