Virtue
[ 'vɝtʃʊ ]
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n. 美德;德行;价值;长处;
📝 例句
Kindness is but one of his virtues.
善良仅是他的美德之一。
He claimed a pension in virtue of his long illness.
由于长期生病,他申请救助金。
He was promoted in virtue of his abilities.
他是靠他的才能被提升的。
He is a man of great virtue.
他是一个品德高尚的人。
His virtue had been rewarded so.
他的德行获得了这样的报应。
🌱 联想助记
【串】报纸某issue(一期),嘲笑说是tissue(手巾纸),结果被sue(控告),家被搜ensue(接着发生的),逃跑被pursue(追赶),被杀后建statue(雕像),纪念他virtue(德行)
【记】※ 谐音“我厨”:老婆逢人就夸我爱下厨的美德
※ virus-病毒,virtue-德行:故意传播电脑病毒不是好的德行
※ vi-罗马数字“6”,r-似“花”,t-似数字“七”,u-you你,e-拼音“鹅”:6朵花和七只你的鹅都有优点
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
📖 牛津释义
virtue
n
1
(a) [U] moral goodness or excellence 美德; 道德上的优良品性
lead a life of virtue 过高尚的生活
(esp joc 尤作戏谑语) a paragon of virtue 美德的典范.
(b) [C] particular form of this; good habit 美德; 良好的习惯
(saying 谚) Patience is a virtue. 忍耐是一种美德.
extol, praise, etc the virtues of thrift 颂扬、 赞美...节俭的好习惯. Cf 参看 vice1 1.
2 [C, U] the ~ (of sth/being sth/doing sth) attractive or useful quality; advantage 优点; 长处
This seat has the virtue of being adjustable. 这种座位的好处是可以调节.
The great virtue of camping is its cheapness/is that it is cheap. 野营的一大优点是省钱.
learn the virtue(s) of keeping one's mouth shut, ie of not always saying what one thinks 要有慎言的优点.
3 [U] (fml or joc 文或谑) chastity, esp of a woman 操守; （尤指女子的）贞操, 贞节
lose/preserve one's virtue 失去[保持]贞洁.
4 (idm 习语) by virtue of sth (fml 文) on account of or because of sth 由於或因为某事物
He was exempt from charges by virtue of his youth/of being so young/of the fact that he was so young. 他因年幼而获得免费. make a ,virtue of ne`cessity do sth with a good grace because one has to do it anyway 做非做不可的事就痛痛快快地做
Being short of money, I made a virtue of necessity and gave up smoking. 我因缺钱, 倒也乐得把烟戒了. a woman of easy virtue => woman. virtue is its own reward (saying 谚) behaving virtuously should give one enough satisfaction for one not to expect any further reward 做好事即乐在其中.
🎯 考研助记
我求”（谐音） 美德
🔁 扩展释义
*['vә:tju:]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
🏥 医学释义
效力，优点，性能
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You've got lots of old buildings in your country.
你们国家有许多古老的建筑物。
He was never seen again.
后来再也见不到这个人了。
Soon, the bees in the hive flew out.They flew right to the dish.
很快，蜂箱里的蜜蜂飞了出来，它们径直朝碟子飞去。