vicarious
adjective
UK/vɪˈkeə.ri.əs/
US/vɪˈker.i.əs/
Definitions of vicarious adjective
- Before noun(前置形容詞)
Experienced or felt through imagined participation in the experience of another person.
間接感受到的；透過他人經驗而獲得的
He experienced the thrill of adventure vicariously through reading adventure stories.
他透過閱讀冒險故事間接體驗了冒險的刺激。
She had a vicarious experience of being a celebrity through the TV show.
她透過電視節目間接體驗了當名人的感覺。
Many parents derive vicarious satisfaction from their children's successes.
許多父母從孩子的成功中獲得間接的滿足感。