vicarious

🇬🇧/vɪˈkeəriəs/ 🇺🇸/vaɪˈkeriəs/
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A vicarious pleasure or feeling is experienced by watching, listening to, or reading about other people doing something, rather than by doing it yourself. 间接感受到的

adjective [原级] 替代的;代理的;发同感的

She invents fantasy lives for her own vicarious pleasure. 她幻想过着各种奇妙的生活,从这种想象中获得乐趣。

后缀: ous 【adjective】 表示具有某种性质的 - indicating having the quality of 原词: vicarious 是通过后缀 【ous】 构成的派生词
vicar (牧师) + ious → 牧师是上帝的代言人 → 代理的
单词造句:
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You'll sometimes see people refer to this as vicarious punishment. 有时候你会听到人们把它叫作替代惩罚。
...a father who lived vicariously through his sons' success. ...一位从儿子的成功中获得满足的父亲。
He got a vicarious thrill out of watching his son score the winning goal. 他看着儿子射入获胜的一球,也同样感到欣喜若狂。