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vir.il.i.tyHvI5rIl7I7ti, $vE5rIl7E7tin [U]approving男子气概;刚强有力,强劲;活力He dismissed Tate as 'just another middle-aged poet obsessed by the virility of youth'.他拒绝考虑泰特,认为他是“又一个迷恋于年轻人活力的中年诗人”。In the American memory, John F. Kennedy is forever young, the image of the virility of power.在美国人的记忆中,约翰·F·肯尼迪永远年轻,是政治活力的偶像。(fig.) If a country's foreign trade is a measure of its economic virility (= strength), this country looks sadly impotent.(喻)假如一个国家的对外贸易成了它经济力量的衡量标准,那么这个国家看来就软弱无力、让人悲哀了。
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