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新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

virtue

英  [ˈvɜːtʃuː]
    

[NOUN]

    NOUN. 名词

  • virtues

    1. [U 不可数名词] 善行 , 正直的品性

    Virtue is thinking and doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong.

    近义词

    goodness

    双语例句

    例：

    Virtue is not confined to the Christian world.

    善行并不仅限于基督教世界。

    2. [C 可数名词] 美德

    A virtue is a good quality or way of behaving.

    双语例句

    例：

    His virtue is patience.

    耐心是他的美德。

    3. [C 可数名词] 优势 , 益处

    The virtue of something is an advantage or benefit that it has, especially in comparison with something else.

    双语例句

    例：

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

    按我来的路线返回卡尔维并不可取。

    PHRASE. 习语

  • by virtue of

    1. 因为

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

    双语例句

    例：

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

    由于一个细节，这篇文章给我留下了深刻印象。

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