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virtue/ˈvɜ:tju:, -tʃu:/n. 1 moral excellence; uprightness, goodness 高尚的品德;正直的品行;美德 2 a particular form of this 美德,德行 patience is a virtue 耐心是一种美德 3 chastity, esp. of a woman (尤指女子的)贞操,贞节 4 a good quality 优点,长处 has the virtue of being adjustable 优点是适应性强 5 efficacy; inherent power (内在的)效力,功效 no virtue in such drugs 这类药无效 6 an angelic being of the seventh order of the celestial hierarchy (see 见 ORDER n. 19) 道德天使(九级天使中的第七级) □ by (or in) virtue of on the strength or ground of 借助,凭借;因为(某一优势或理由) got the job by virtue of his experience 因为有经验而得到了这份工作 □ make a virtue of necessity derive some credit or benefit from an unwelcome obligation 不得已而为之反而获得荣誉或好处 □ virtueless adj.[Middle English via Old French vertu from Latin virtus -tutis, from vir ‘man’] |