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跟我背CET4核心词汇:virtue

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　　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

　　优点,长处; 好处,益处 advantage

　　同义词

　　n. merit，moral excellence，sexual morality，virtuousness

　　反义词

　　n. demerit，fault

　　词汇辨析

　　merit，virtue，pefection

　　这些名词均可表示优点，长处之意。

　　merit 指有值得赞扬的优点，但不一定是出类拔萃。

　　virtue 指人或物的优点长处，指人的美德。

　　pefection 指达到了理想或完美的程度。

　　参考例句

　　1. Patience is virtue is an old saying.

　　忍耐是美德是句古老的谚语。

　　2. Patience is a virtue.

　　忍耐是一种美德。

　　3. Death is the greatest virtue of Nature.

　　死亡是大自然最伟大的美德。

　　双语释义

　　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. 优势; 益处

　　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龋

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

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

　　该文章因一细节而印入我脑海。

　　常见用法

　　用作名词

　　Fidelity to engagement is a virtue.

　　信守诺言是一种美德。

　　My neighbor is a man of highest virtue.

　　我的邻居是一个具有高尚品德的人。

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

　　他说他的计划的优点是最简单易行。

　　Meekness is a virtue he appreciates in his wife.

　　温顺是他所欣赏的妻子的优点之一。

　　Shes definitely not a woman of easy virtue.

　　她决不是一个放荡的女人。

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