virtuenoun
高尚的道德；正直的品性；德行
behaviour or attitudes that show high moral standards
He led a life of virtue.
他过着高尚的生活。
She was certainly no paragon of virtue !
她决不是道德高尚的典范！
美德；优秀品质；良好习惯
a particular good quality or habit
Patience is not one of her virtues, I'm afraid.
恐怕她没有耐性。
优点；长处；用处
an attractive or useful quality
The plan has the virtue of simplicity.
这项计划的优点是简单。
He was extolling the virtues of the Internet.
他赞扬了互联网的长处。
They could see no virtue in discussing it further.
他们看不到再讨论下去有什么用处。
by means of or because of sth
她由于经验较为丰富而得到了那份工作。
She got the job by virtue of her greater experience.
to manage to gain an advantage from sth that you have to do and cannot avoid
the reward for acting in a moral or correct way is the knowledge that you have done so, and you should not expect more than this, for example praise from other people or payment
willing to have sex with anyone
virtue
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N-UNCOUNT 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.Virtue is not confined to the Christian world...
善行并不是仅限于基督教世界。
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N-COUNT 美德;德行
A virtue is a good quality or way of behaving.His virtue is patience...
耐心是他的美德。
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N-COUNT 优点;长处
The virtue of something is an advantage or benefit that it has, especially in comparison with something else.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。
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PREP-PHRASE 靠;凭借;由于;因为
You use by virtue of to explain why something happens or is true.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。
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PHRASE （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.The movie makes a virtue out of its economy.
这部电影充分利用了其有限的成本。
noun
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- the quality of doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong
- Synonym: virtuousness moral excellence
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- a particular moral excellence
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- morality with respect to sexual relations
- Synonym: chastity sexual morality
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- any admirable quality or attribute
- work of great merit
- Synonym: merit
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You need to decorate your mind with virtue .
你应该用德行美化心灵。
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The highest virtue here may be the least in another world .
再高尚的德行到了别处的世界也可能一无是处。
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She got the job by virtue of her greater experience .
她由于经验较为丰富而得到了那份工作。
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They could see no virtue in discussing it further .
他们看不到再讨论下去有什么用处。
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He led a life of virtue .
他过着高尚的生活。
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Patience is not one of her virtues , I 'm afraid .
恐怕她没有耐性。
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Doctors often extol the virtues of eating less fat .
医生常常宣扬少吃脂肪的好处。
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The plan has the virtue of simplicity .
这项计划的优点是简单。
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She delivered a homily on the virtues of family life .
她进行了一场家庭生活美德方面的说教。
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The film ended most satisfactorily : vice punished and virtue rewarded .
这部电影的结尾皆大欢喜：邪恶受到惩治，美德得到报偿。
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He wasn 't the paragon of virtue she had expected .
他不是她想象中的那种美德典范。
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She was certainly no paragon of virtue !
她决不是道德高尚的典范！
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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。
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The movie makes a virtue out of its economy .
这部电影充分利用了其有限的成本。
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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。
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He became a model of clean living and Bible Belt virtues .
他成了洁身自好、恪守“圣经地带”德行的典范。
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Harmony , balance and order are cardinal virtues to the French .
和谐、平衡、秩序是法国人最看重的三项基本美德。
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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。
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Virtue is not confined to the Christian world
善行并不是仅限于基督教世界。
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War turns morality inside out : killing and cruelty are virtues .
战争颠倒是非：杀戮与残忍成了美德。
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Her flaws were as large as her virtues
她的缺点和优点一样多。
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He also had an invincible faith in the medicinal virtues of garlic .
他同时也对大蒜的医学功效深信不疑。
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She says the programme portrayed her as a ' lady of easy virtue ' .
她说这个节目把她刻画成了一个“水性杨花的女人”。
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They said the greatest virtues in a politician were integrity , correctness and honesty .
他们说政治家身上最重要的美德就是正直、得体和诚实。
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She instilled in the children the virtues of good hard work , and making the best of what you have .
她慢慢给孩子们灌输勤奋工作的品德，教导他们充分利用现有的条件。
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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。
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We don 't expect candidates to be paragons of virtue .
我们不指望候选人在道德上尽善尽美。
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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。
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Now experts are extolling the virtues of the humble potato
现在专家们都在赞美其貌不扬的马铃薯的种种好处。
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As far as mathematicians are concerned , there 's a certain virtue in wearing intellectual blinkers
就数学家们来说，用学者的眼光来看问题不无裨益。
指某人性格中的好品质，为可数名词。
Among his many virtues are courtesy, courage and loyalty.
在他的许多美德中有谦虚、勇敢和忠诚。
In fact, truthfulness is not one of her virtues.
其实，她并不诚实。
指使某人或某物受赞扬或赞美的好品质，为不可数名词。
In his opinion, this proposal has some merit.
在他看来，这个提议有可取之处。
These candidates were selected solely on merit.
这些候选人都是凭才能被选拔出来的。
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