单词乎

virtue

音标['vә:tju:]

汉语翻译

n. 德行, 美德, 优点, 功效, 效力
【法】 美德, 贞操, 优点
相关词组:
by virtue of

词意辨析

merit, virtue, perfection
这些名词均可表示“优点、长处”之意。
merit: 指有值得赞扬的优点,但不一定是出类拔萃。
virtue: 指人或物的优点长处,或指人的美德。
perfection: 指达到了理想或完美的程度。

英语解释

名词 virtue:

  1. the quality of doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong
    同义词:virtuousness, moral excellence
  2. any admirable quality or attribute
    同义词:merit
  3. morality with respect to sexual relations
    同义词:chastity, sexual morality
  4. a particular moral excellence

例句

  1. Virtue is fairer far than beauty.
    [谚]美德远胜于美貌。
  2. She is a paragon of virtue.
    她是美德的典范。
  3. Meekness is a virtue he appreciates in his wife.
    温顺是他所欣赏的妻子的优点之一。
  4. Fidelity to engagement is a virtue.
    信守诺言是一种美德。
  5. My neighbor is a man of highest virtue.
    我的邻居是一个具有高尚品德的人。
  6. He said his plan had the virtue of being the easiest to implement.
    他说他的计划的优点是最简单易行。

详细解释


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n.(名词)


Moral excellence and righteousness; goodness.
正直,善良:道德上的优点和正直;美德
An example or kind of moral excellence:
美德,德行:一种美德或其实例:
例句:
the virtue of patience.
耐心的美德

Chastity, especially in a girl or woman.
贞操:贞操,尤指女孩或女子
A particularly efficacious, good, or beneficial quality; advantage:
优点,长处:尤其灵验的、好的或受益的品质;长处:
例句:
a plan with the virtue of being practical.
有着实用性优点的计划

Effective force or power:
效力,力量:
例句:
believed in the virtue of prayer.
相信祈祷的力量

virtues Theology The fifth of the nine orders of angels.
virtues 【神学】 道德天使:九级天使中的第五级
Obsolete Manly courage; valor.
【废语】 男子气概:男子汉的勇气;气概

<习惯用语>by virtue of 或
in virtue of
On the grounds or basis of; by reason of:
借助;凭借;因为:
例句:
well off by virtue of a large inheritance.
由于继承了大笔遗产而致富

来源:
Middle English vertu
中古英语 vertu
from Old French
源自 古法语
from Latin virtôs [manliness, excellence, goodness]
源自 拉丁语 virtôs [男子气,优点,美德]
from vir [man] * see wo-ro-
源自 vir [男人] *参见 wo-ro-


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