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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 vile /ˈvaɪ(ə)l/
 (a.)惡劣的,簡陋的,低廉的,卑鄙的

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Vile a. [Comp. Viler superl. Vilest.]
 1. Low; base; worthless; mean; despicable.
    A poor man in vile raiment.   --James ii. 2.
    The craft either of fishing, which was Peter's, or of making tents, which was Paul's, were [was] more vile than the science of physic.   --Ridley.
    The inhabitants account gold but as a vile thing.   --Abp. Abbot.
 2. Morally base or impure; depraved by sin; hateful in the sight of God and men; sinful; wicked; bad.  “Such vile base practices.”
    Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee ?   --Job xl. 4.
 Syn: -- See Base.
 -- Vile*ly, adv. -- Vile*ness, n.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 vile
      adj 1: morally reprehensible; "would do something as despicable as
             murder"; "ugly crimes"; "the vile development of
             slavery appalled them" [syn: despicable, ugly, unworthy]
      2: thoroughly unpleasant; "filthy (or foul or nasty or vile)
         weather we're having" [syn: filthy, foul, nasty]
      3: causing or able to cause nausea; "a nauseating smell";
         "nauseous offal"; "a sickening stench" [syn: nauseating,
          nauseous, noisome, loathsome, offensive, sickening]