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Virtue Advantage Quality Make Formal Good ˈvɜːtʃuː Noun

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/vɜ͟ː(r)tʃuː/
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[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.
  [FORMAL 正式]
  • 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.
  [V inflects]
  • The movie makes a virtue out of its economy.

    这部电影充分利用了其有限的成本。


Oxford vir·tue / ˈvɜːtʃuː ; NAmE ˈvɜːrtʃuː / noun 1 [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。
IDIOMS by/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 neˈcessity to 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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vir·tue / ˈvɜːtʃuː ; NAmE ˈvɜːrtʃuː /
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virtuevir‧tue /ˈvɜːtʃuː $ ˈvɜːr-/ ●●○ W3 noun
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1[uncountable] formal moral goodness of character and behaviour OPP  vice:  Women have often been used as symbols of virtue.2[countable] a particular good quality in someone’s character OPP  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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virtues[1960]
美德(75%),优点(11%),德行(10%),贞操(4%)
n.美德;优点;贞操;功效
n.(Virtue)人名;(英)弗丘

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