virtue
英 /ˈvɜːtʃuː/ 美 /ˈvɝːtʃuː/
- n. 美德；高尚品德A morally good quality or morally good behaviour.
- n. 优点；长处A useful or desirable quality of something.
My grandfather always said that patience was a virtue.
我祖父总说，耐心是一种美德。
One virtue of public transport is its ability to move large numbers of people using relatively little space.
公共交通的一大优点是能利用相对较少的空间运送大量乘客。
搭配
moral virtue 道德美德the virtues of ……的优点by virtue of 由于；凭借
辨析提示
by virtue of意为由于或凭借，并非凭美德。
词族
virtuous (adj.)、virtuously (adv.)
近义 goodness、merit
反义 vice
相关词
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- outcast 被排斥者；被遗弃者
- slaughter 屠宰；宰杀
- summon 召唤；传唤
- delinquency 青少年违法行为
- acknowledgment 承认；认可
- unprecedented 前所未有的；空前的
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