| 单词 | negative virtue |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnegative virtue negative virtue n. an absence or lack of a vice or undesirable quality, abstention from vice; also in extended use. ΚΠ 1703 D. Defoe Char. Dr. Samuel Annesley in True Coll. of Writing 114 His negative Vertues also have been try'd, He had no Priestcraft in him, nor no Pride; No Fraud nor Wheedling Arts to be esteem'd, But just the very Person that he seem'd. 1791 A. W. Radcliffe Romance of Forest I. v. 183 Did he think a life of mere negative virtue deserved an eternal reward? Mistaken man! a1891 H. Melville Billy Budd x, in Wks. (1924) XIII. 45 Natural Depravity..has its certain negative virtues serving as silent auxiliaries. It is not going too far to say that it is without vices or small sins. 1996 H. W. Paul Sci., Vine, & Wine in Mod. France ix. 264 Sémichon presented this fermentation..as the magic bullet in vinification, with positive as well as negative virtues: more finesse, more fruit, more moelleux in many cases. < as lemmas |
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