Virtue
[ 'vɝtʃʊ ]
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n. 美德;德行;价值;长处;
📝 例句
Kindness is but one of his virtues.
善良仅是他的美德之一。
He claimed a pension in virtue of his long illness.
由于长期生病,他申请救助金。
He was promoted in virtue of his abilities.
他是靠他的才能被提升的。
He is a man of great virtue.
他是一个品德高尚的人。
His virtue had been rewarded so.
他的德行获得了这样的报应。
🌱 联想助记
【串】报纸某issue(一期),嘲笑说是tissue(手巾纸),结果被sue(控告),家被搜ensue(接着发生的),逃跑被pursue(追赶),被杀后建statue(雕像),纪念他virtue(德行)
【记】※ 谐音“我厨”:老婆逢人就夸我爱下厨的美德
※ virus-病毒,virtue-德行:故意传播电脑病毒不是好的德行
※ vi-罗马数字“6”,r-似“花”,t-似数字“七”,u-you你,e-拼音“鹅”:6朵花和七只你的鹅都有优点
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
📖 牛津释义
virtue
n
1
(a) [U] moral goodness or excellence 美德; 道德上的优良品性
lead a life of virtue 过高尚的生活
(esp joc 尤作戏谑语) a paragon of virtue 美德的典范.
(b) [C] particular form of this; good habit 美德; 良好的习惯
(saying 谚) Patience is a virtue. 忍耐是一种美德.
extol, praise, etc the virtues of thrift 颂扬、 赞美...节俭的好习惯. Cf 参看 vice1 1.
2 [C, U] the ~ (of sth/being sth/doing sth) attractive or useful quality; advantage 优点; 长处
This seat has the virtue of being adjustable. 这种座位的好处是可以调节.
The great virtue of camping is its cheapness/is that it is cheap. 野营的一大优点是省钱.
learn the virtue(s) of keeping one's mouth shut, ie of not always saying what one thinks 要有慎言的优点.
3 [U] (fml or joc 文或谑) chastity, esp of a woman 操守; （尤指女子的）贞操, 贞节
lose/preserve one's virtue 失去[保持]贞洁.
4 (idm 习语) by virtue of sth (fml 文) on account of or because of sth 由於或因为某事物
He was exempt from charges by virtue of his youth/of being so young/of the fact that he was so young. 他因年幼而获得免费. make a ,virtue of ne`cessity do sth with a good grace because one has to do it anyway 做非做不可的事就痛痛快快地做
Being short of money, I made a virtue of necessity and gave up smoking. 我因缺钱, 倒也乐得把烟戒了. a woman of easy virtue => woman. virtue is its own reward (saying 谚) behaving virtuously should give one enough satisfaction for one not to expect any further reward 做好事即乐在其中.
🎯 考研助记
我求”（谐音） 美德
🔁 扩展释义
*['vә:tju:]n. 德行, 美德, 优点, 功效, 效力【法】 美德, 贞操, 优点相关词组: by virtue of
🏥 医学释义
效力，优点，性能
📖 同为「CET-4」词汇
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That fox!
你这只狐狸！
As quickly as they could, the men ran to th steps and up into the open, many of them with their clothes on fire.
工人们尽快朝楼梯跑去，爬上楼梯跑出舱外，其中好多人衣服已经着火了。
From this we get the expression to make a beeline for someone or something, which means to go quickly along a straight direct course for someone or something.
从这里我们得到一条短语"to make a beeline for someone or something，意思是迅速地沿着一条直线向某人或某物走去。