| 单词 | to feel virtuous |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto feel virtuous 7. Acting in a way conducive to health or well-being, esp. by refraining from habits or behaviour regarded as unhealthy. Frequently in to feel virtuous. Cf. sense A. 11.With connotations of sense A. 2a. ΚΠ 1920 Amer. Mag. Jan. 57/2 Perhaps he hasn't even satisfied his appetite which fact makes him feel virtuous and abstemious. 1938 Manch. Guardian 23 Nov. 8/3 The virtuous eater of some greenstuffs. 1975 St Charles (Missouri) Jrnl. 19 June 26/1 If you really want to be virtuous, dress your salad with lemon juice which has too few calories to bother counting. 1980 N.Y. Mag. 21 Jan. 41/3 After consuming a hunk of almost any brand of carrot cake you will feel much more virtuous than after consuming the same amount of chocolate velvet cake. 2009 J. Kellerman True Detectives vii. 56 Maybe lamb was better than beef, cholesterol-wise. Another hour of lifting and a run would keep him virtuous. < as lemmas |
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