柯林斯詞典virtue /?v??tju?/ (virtues) 1. N-UNCOUNT Virtue is thinking and doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong. 正直的品性 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 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(yōu)勢; 益處 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取。4. PHRASE You use by virtue of to explain why something happens or is true. 因為[正式] The article stuck in my mind by virtue of one detail. 該文章因一細節(jié)而印入我腦海。 返回 virtue劍橋詞典 virtue noun (GOOD MORALS) [ 可數(shù)名詞：有復數(shù)形式的名詞 or 不可數(shù)或單數(shù)名詞：沒有復數(shù)形式的名詞 ] a good moral quality in a person , or the general quality of being morally good 美德；高尚品德 Patience is a virtue. 耐心是一種美德。 比較vice noun (FAULT) 例句 In the novel , Constanza is a paragon of virtue who would never compromise her reputation .Her virtue would be proof against his charms .Discretion is a virtue worth cultivating .Tact is not one of his virtues. virtue noun (ADVANTAGE) [ 可數(shù)名詞：有復數(shù)形式的名詞 or 不可數(shù)或單數(shù)名詞：沒有復數(shù)形式的名詞 ] an advantage or good thing 優(yōu)點；好處 Would there be any virtue in taking an earlier train ? 乘坐早一班的火車有什么好處嗎？ The actress has appeared in many TV ads extolling (= praising ) the virtues of hair products . 看見這位女演員在電視上吹捧美發(fā)產(chǎn)品的種種優(yōu)點總是讓人感覺怪怪的。 virtue noun (BECAUSE OF) ?by virtue of C2 formal because of; as a result of 因為；由于；憑借 She succeeded by virtue of her tenacity rather than her talent . 她成功靠的是堅韌不拔，而不是天賦。 習語make a virtue (out) of sth 返回 virtue