virtue基本解释
n.美德；德行；优点；贞操
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第三人称复数：virtues
noun
1. the quality of doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong
Synonym: virtuousnessmoral excellence
2. a particular moral excellence
3. morality with respect to sexual relations
Synonym: chastitysexual morality
4. any admirable quality or attribute
e.g. work of great merit
Synonym: merit
1. 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.
e.g. Virtue is not confined to the Christian world...
善行并不是仅限于基督教世界。
e.g. 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。
2. 美德;德行
A virtue is a good quality or way of behaving.
e.g. His virtue is patience...
耐心是他的美德。
e.g. Her flaws were as large as her virtues...
她的缺点和优点一样多。
3. 优点;长处
The virtue of something is an advantage or benefit that it has, especially in comparison with something else.
e.g. 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。
e.g. 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。
4. 靠;凭借;由于;因为
You use by virtue of to explain why something happens or is true.
virtue的近义词
e.g. 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。
e.g. 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。
5. （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.
e.g. The movie makes a virtue out of its economy.
这部电影充分利用了其有限的成本。
1. virtue是什么意思
1. 优点：可能很多姐妹不是工作上很出色的人,能把自己收拾得干净清爽,也是一个很大的优点(virtue). 不管怎么说,现实中的男人还是首先容易以貌取人的,不是所以的男人都只爱最美的女人,对于干净清爽的女人,大多数男人还有有好感的.
1. by virtue of : 由于, 依靠；
Honour, courage..humanity, and in one word, virtue in its true signification.
出自：Earl of ChathamA..mentor for virtue in the midst of the political hurly-burly.
出自：R. P. WarrenHow tiresome virtue is..blocking every path to pleasure.
出自：personifiedBoth of us had the qualities and virtues that are typical of American actors: humorous, aggressive, and making fun of each other—but always with an underlying affection.
我们两个都有着美国演员特有的品格和美德:幽默, 进取, 爱彼此打趣——但心底还是敬重对方。
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