| 单词 | virtue |
| 释义 | virtue /vûrˈtū or -chū/noun
ORIGIN: OFr vertu and L virtus bravery, moral excellence, from vir a man; cf Gr hērōs, Sans vīra a hero, OE wer man virˈtueless adjective virˈtuous adjective
virˈtuously adverb virˈtuousness noun virˈtue-proof (Milton vertue-) adjective Impregnable in virtue virtuous circle noun A process by which something good or beneficial is enhanced by its own consequences, opp to vicious circle by (or in) virtue of
make a virtue of necessity To do as if from a sense of duty (or with a sense of duty called in for the occasion) something unpleasant one is forced to do seven principal virtues Faith, hope, charity, justice, prudence, temperance, and fortitude, the first three being the theological, the last four the moral virtues the cardinal virtues see under cardinal |
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