virtue

　　n.

　　高尚的道德 goodness, nobleness, and worth of character as shown in right behavior

　　美德,德行 a good quality of character or behavior

　　優點,長處; 好處,益處 advantage

　　同義詞

　　n. merit，moral excellence，sexual morality，virtuousness

　　反義詞

　　n. demerit，fault

　　詞匯辨析

　　merit，virtue，pefection

　　這些名詞均可表示 優點，長處 之意。

　　merit 指有值得贊揚的優點，但不一定是出類拔萃。

　　virtue 指人或物的優點長處，指人的美德。

　　pefection 指達到了理想或完美的程度。

　　參考例句

　　1. Patience is virtue is an old saying.

　　忍耐是美德 是句古老的諺語。

　　2. Patience is a virtue.

　　忍耐是一種美德。

　　3. Death is the greatest virtue of Nature.

　　死亡是大自然最偉大的美德。

　　雙語釋義

　　1.N-UNCOUNT Virtue is thinking and doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong. 正直的品性

　　例：Virtue is not confined to the Christian world.

　　正直的品性并不限于基督教世界。

　　2.N-COUNT A virtue is a good quality or way of behaving. 美德

　　例：His virtue is patience.

　　他的美德就是耐心。

　　3.N-COUNT The virtue of something is an advantage or benefit that it has, especially in comparison with something else. 優勢; 益處

　　例：There was no virtue in returning to Calvi the way I had come.

　　按我來的路線返回卡爾維并不可齲

　　4.PHRASE You use by virtue of to explain why something happens or is true. 因為

　　例：The article stuck in my mind by virtue of one detail.

　　該文章因一細節而印入我腦海。

　　常見用法

　　用作名詞

　　Fidelity to engagement is a virtue.

　　信守諾言是一種美德。

　　My neighbor is a man of highest virtue.

　　我的鄰居是一個具有高尚品德的人。

　　He said his plan had the virtue of being the easiest to implement.

　　他說他的計劃的優點是最簡單易行。

　　Meekness is a virtue he appreciates in his wife.

　　溫順是他所欣賞的妻子的優點之一。

　　Shes definitely not a woman of easy virtue.

　　她決不是一個放蕩的女人。

　　virtue

　　n.

　　高尚的道德 goodness, nobleness, and worth of character as shown in right behavior

　　美德,德行 a good quality of character or behavior

　　優點,長處; 好處,益處 advantage

　　同義詞

　　n. merit，moral excellence，sexual morality，virtuousness

　　反義詞

　　n. demerit，fault

　　詞匯辨析

　　merit，virtue，pefection

　　這些名詞均可表示 優點，長處 之意。

　　merit 指有值得贊揚的優點，但不一定是出類拔萃。

　　virtue 指人或物的優點長處，指人的美德。

　　pefection 指達到了理想或完美的程度。

　　參考例句

　　1. Patience is virtue is an old saying.

　　忍耐是美德 是句古老的諺語。

　　2. Patience is a virtue.

　　忍耐是一種美德。

　　3. Death is the greatest virtue of Nature.

　　死亡是大自然最偉大的美德。

　　雙語釋義

　　1.N-UNCOUNT Virtue is thinking and doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong. 正直的品性

　　例：Virtue is not confined to the Christian world.

　　正直的品性并不限于基督教世界。

　　2.N-COUNT A virtue is a good quality or way of behaving. 美德

　　例：His virtue is patience.

　　他的美德就是耐心。

　　3.N-COUNT The virtue of something is an advantage or benefit that it has, especially in comparison with something else. 優勢; 益處

　　例：There was no virtue in returning to Calvi the way I had come.

　　按我來的路線返回卡爾維并不可齲

　　4.PHRASE You use by virtue of to explain why something happens or is true. 因為

　　例：The article stuck in my mind by virtue of one detail.

　　該文章因一細節而印入我腦海。

　　常見用法

　　用作名詞

　　Fidelity to engagement is a virtue.

　　信守諾言是一種美德。

　　My neighbor is a man of highest virtue.

　　我的鄰居是一個具有高尚品德的人。

　　He said his plan had the virtue of being the easiest to implement.

　　他說他的計劃的優點是最簡單易行。

　　Meekness is a virtue he appreciates in his wife.

　　溫順是他所欣賞的妻子的優點之一。

　　Shes definitely not a woman of easy virtue.

　　她決不是一個放蕩的女人。