[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]善行；正直的品性；良好的习惯Virtue is thinking and doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong.
Virtue is not confined to the Christian world...
善行并不是仅限于基督教世界。
She could have established her own innocence and virtue easily enough.
她本可以轻易地证实自己纯真善良的品性。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]美德；德行 A virtue is a good quality or way of behaving.
His virtue is patience...
耐心是他的美德。
Her flaws were as large as her virtues...
她的缺点和优点一样多。
Humility is considered a virtue.
谦虚被认为是一种美德。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]优点；长处 The virtue of something is an advantage or benefit that it has, especially in comparison with something else.
There was no virtue in returning to Calvi the way I had come...
沿着我来的路线返回卡尔维并不可取。
Its other great virtue, of course, is its hard-wearing quality.
它的另一个突出优点当然就是经久耐用。
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[PREP-PHRASE 短语介词]靠；凭借；由于；因为 You use by virtue of to explain why something happens or is true.
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The article stuck in my mind by virtue of one detail...
由于一个细节，这篇文章在我脑海里印象深刻。
Mr Olaechea has British residency by virtue of his marriage.
奥拉伊奇先生通过结婚而取得在英国的永久居留权。
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[PHRASE 短语]（假装）心甘情愿地做（迫不得已的事） If you make a virtue of something, you pretend that you did it because you chose to, although in fact you did it because you had to.
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The movie makes a virtue out of its economy.
这部电影充分利用了其有限的成本。
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vir·tue/ˈvɜːtʃuː; NAmEˈvɜːrtʃuː/noun1[uncountable ]( formal) behaviour or attitudes that show high moral standards 高尚的道德；正直的品性；德行◆He led a life of virtue.他过着高尚的生活。◆She was certainly no paragon of virtue!她决不是道德高尚的典范！2[countable ]a particular good quality or habit 美德；优秀品质；良好习惯◆Patience is not one of her virtues, I'm afraid.恐怕她不具有耐心这一美德。3[countable , uncountable ]an attractive or useful quality 优点；长处；用处SYN
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◆The plan has the virtue ofsimplicity. 这项计划的优点是简单。◆He was extolling the virtues of the Internet.他赞扬了互联网的长处。◆They could see no virtue indiscussing it further. 他们看不到再讨论下去有什么用处。IDIOMSby/in virtue of sth( formal) by means of or because of sth 凭借；依靠；由于；因为◆She got the job by virtue of her greater experience.她由于经验较为丰富而得到了那份工作。make a ˌvirtue of neˈcessityto manage to gain an advantage from sth that you have to do and cannot avoid 不得已而力争有所得ˌvirtue is its own reˈward( saying) the reward for acting in a moral or correct way is the knowledge that you have done so, and you should not expect more than this, for example praise from other people or payment 施恩无他图，有德便是报；美德本身就是成果☞more at
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virtuevir‧tue /ˈvɜːtʃuː $ ˈvɜːr-/ ●●○W3 noun
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1[uncountable] formal moral goodness of character and behaviourOPP vice: Women have often been used as symbols of virtue.2[countable] a particular good quality in someone’s characterOPP vice: Among her many virtues are loyalty, courage, and truthfulness.3[countable, uncountable] an advantage that makes something better or more useful than something elsevirtue of Adam Smith believed in the virtues of free trade. Wilkins is now extolling (=praising very much) the virtues of organic farming.► see thesaurus at
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4by virtue of something formal by means of, or as a result of something: She became a British resident by virtue of her marriage.5make a virtue of something to get an advantage from a situation that you cannot change, usually a bad one: She made a virtue of her acting limitations by joking about them.6make a virtue of necessity to get an advantage from doing something that you have to do, or to pretend that you are doing it willingly7[uncountable] old use the state of not having with someone, or not having sex with anyone except your husband
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