| 单词 | virtue |
| 释义 | virtue —virtueless, adj. —virtuelessness, n. /verr"chooh/, n. 1. moral excellence; goodness; righteousness. 2. conformity of one's life and conduct to moral and ethical principles; uprightness; rectitude. 3. chastity; virginity: to lose one's virtue. 4. a particular moral excellence. Cf. cardinal virtues, natural virtue, theological virtue. 5. a good or admirable quality or property: the virtue of knowing one's weaknesses. 6. effective force; power or potency: a charm with the virtue of removing warts. 7. virtues, an order of angels. Cf. angel (def. 1). 8. manly excellence; valor. 9. by or in virtue of, by reason of; because of: to act by virtue of one's legitimate authority. 10. make a virtue of necessity, to make the best of a difficult or unsatisfactory situation. [1175-1225; alter. (with i < L) of ME vertu < AF, OF < L virtut- (s. of virtus) maleness, worth, virtue, equiv. to vir man (see VIRILE) + -tut- abstract n. suffix] Syn. 1. See goodness. 2. probity, integrity. Ant. 1. vice. |
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