virtue
noun /ˈvɜːtʃuː/
/ˈvɜːrtʃuː/
Idioms - [uncountable] (formal) behaviour or attitudes that show high moral standards
高尚的道德；正直的品性；德行 - He led a life of virtue.
他过着高尚的生活。 - She was certainly no paragon of virtue (= her moral standards were very far from perfect).
她绝不是道德高尚的典范！
Topics Personal qualitiesc1- It would have taken a paragon of virtue not to feel jealous.
这样也不嫉妒，真是完人才做得到。 - She was seen as a paragon of domestic virtue.
她被看成是家庭美德的完美典范。 - She led a life of moral virtue.
她过着道德高尚的生活。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- cardinal
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- make a virtue of necessity
- a paragon of virtue
- He led a life of virtue.
- [countable] a particular good quality or habit
美德；优秀品质；良好习惯 - Patience is not one of her virtues, I'm afraid.
恐怕她没有耐心。 - As a politician, he always emphasized the virtues of compromise and conciliation.
作为一名政治家，他总是强调妥协与和解的优点。
- He taught his children to practise/practice the virtues of temperance and chastity.
他教育孩子们要兼修节制与贞洁之德。 - He understands the traditional virtue of hard work.
他懂得勤劳这一传统美德。 - Philippe embodies the French virtues of charm and grace.
菲利普身上表现出法国人的迷人和优雅品质。 - He was convinced of the inherent virtue of hard work.
他深信努力工作本身就是美德。 - She has just one, negative virtue—she never tells lies.
她只有一个缺点：从来不撒谎。 - the theological virtues of faith, hope and charity
信仰、希望与慈善之圣德
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- cardinal
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- make a virtue of necessity
- a paragon of virtue
- Patience is not one of her virtues, I'm afraid.
- [countable, uncountable] an attractive or useful quality
优点；长处；用处 - 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。
- There is no inherent virtue in having read all the latest books.
把所有新出的书都读完并不一定有用。 - The brochure makes a positive virtue of the island's isolated position.
资料册将这座小岛的偏远位置视为一个优点。 - There is, of course, no inherent virtue in moderation.
当然，节制并不一定有用。 - a story celebrating the virtues of democracy
颂扬民主种种好处的报道 - He was going on about the virtues of the internet.
他一直在谈论互联网的优点。 - Her book has the cardinal virtue of simplicity.
她这本书的主要优点是简单明了。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- cardinal
- great
- important
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- have
- possess
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- make a virtue of necessity
- a paragon of virtue
- The plan has the virtue of simplicity.
词源Middle English: from Old French vertu, from Latin virtus ‘valour, merit, moral perfection’, from vir ‘man’.
Idioms
by/in virtue of something
- (formal) by means of or because of something
凭借；依靠；由于；因为 - 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。
- She got the job by virtue of her greater experience.
make a virtue of something
- to manage to present as a good quality something that other people might consider to be bad
不得已而力争有所得 - There are artists who make a virtue of repetition.
有些艺术家以重复为美德。
- There are artists who make a virtue of repetition.
make a virtue of necessity
- to manage to gain an advantage from something that you have to do and cannot avoid
不得已而力争有所得 - She decided to make a virtue of necessity and combined a business trip to Paris with a visit to her cousins there.
她决定利用生活的需要，把去巴黎出差和去看望那里的表兄妹结合起来。
- She decided to make a virtue of necessity and combined a business trip to Paris with a visit to her cousins there.
of easy virtue
- (old-fashioned) (of a woman
女人 水性杨花；轻浮；放荡 - a woman of easy virtue
水性杨花的女人。
- a woman of easy virtue
virtue is its own reward
- (saying) 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
施恩无他图，有德便是报；美德本身就是报偿