英语单词 | virtue |
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英美音标 | 英 ['vɜːtʃuː] 美 ['vɜːrtʃuː] |
中文释义 | n.美德;德行;优点;贞操 |
英语例句 | (1) Fidelity to engagement is a virtue. (2) My neighbor is a man of highest virtue. (3) He said his plan had the virtue of being the easiest to implement. (4) Meekness is a virtue he appreciates in his wife. (5) She's definitely not a woman of easy virtue. |
中文例句 | (1) 信守诺言是一种美德。 (2) 我的邻居是一个具有高尚品德的人。 (3) 他说他的计划的优点是最简单易行。 (4) 温顺是他所欣赏的妻子的优点之一。 (5) 她决不是一个放荡的女人。 |
vocabulary简明 | Virtue is the quality of being morally good. If you're writing a screenplay and you want it to be a real tearjerker, make sure your hero is full of virtue. |
vocabulary扩展 | The word virtue comes from the Latin root vir, for man. At first virtue meant manliness or valor, but over time it settled into the sense of moral excellence. Virtue can also mean excellence in general. One of your virtues might be your generous willingness to help out your friends. The phrase by virtue of means "as a result of" or "by authority of." You will achieve success by virtue of hard work (or by virtue of inside connections). |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [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.
2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]美德;德行 A virtue is a good quality or way of behaving.
3 [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.
4 [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]
5 [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]
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