| 英语单词 | virtuous |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 ['vɜːtʃuəs] 美 ['vɜːrtʃuəs] |
| 中文释义 | adj.有品德的;有德行的;贞洁的 |
| 英语例句 | (1) She always tried to lead a virtuous life. (2) My uncle is always proud of having a virtuous wife. (3) I do not know if she is virtuous, but she is ugly, and with a woman that is half the battle. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 她一直想要过一种高洁的生活。 (2) 叔叔一直为娶到一位贤德的妻子而骄傲。 (3) 我不知道她以往是否贞洁,但她容貌丑陋,对一个女人来说,这等于大势已定了。 |
| vocabulary简明 | Virtuous is “good” with a halo. If you call someone virtuous, you are saying that person is living according to high moral standards. Someone virtuous is who you want leading your Girl Scout troop. |
| vocabulary扩展 | When you use virtuous to describe an action, like, "Your decision to cancel your vacation plans when your mom got sick was virtuous," it’s almost as though you’re referring to an ideal of goodness. In past centuries, virtuous was synonymous with virginal. In many 18th century English novels, for example, a woman didn't even have to be all that nice to be called virtuous; it just mattered that she was sexually innocent. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]有德行的;道德高尚的;正直的 A virtuous person behaves in a moral and correct way.
2 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]自命不凡的;自鸣得意的 If you describe someone as virtuous, you mean that they have done what they ought to do and feel very pleased with themselves, perhaps too pleased.
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