一、詳細釋義:


n.

高尚的品德;正直的品行


例句:

You can trust him; he's a man of highest virtue.

你可以信任他。他是一位品德高尚的人。


例句:

Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set.

美德如寶石,樸素它最美。


美德;德行


例句:

Courtesy is the inseparable companion of virtue.

禮貌和美德是分不開的伴侶。


例句:

Prosperity doth best discover vice, but adversity doth discover virtue.

順境時顯現(xiàn)惡習,逆境時凸現(xiàn)美德


【古】(女子的)貞操


例句:

Not that I mistrust her virtue, but - she is a woman. there lie the suspicion.

并非我懷疑她的貞操,可是--她是個女人嘛。懷疑就在于這一點。


例句:

Any woman in the world, even a nun, would rather lose her virtue than her reputation.

世間的女性,甚至尼姑,都情愿失掉貞操也不愿失掉聲譽。


優(yōu)點


例句:

Meekness is a virtue he appreciates in his wife.

溫順是他所欣賞的妻子的優(yōu)點之一。


例句:

Nylons have the virtue of durability.

尼龍絲襪有耐穿的優(yōu)點。


(內(nèi)在的)功效,價值


例句:

And its value exists by virtue of the fact that it is generally acceptable.

它擁有的只是法律所賦予它的價值。


[Virtues]【宗】道德天使

【古】男子氣概,風度


例句:

He gave her this assurance with his usual air of being particularly pleased to exercise a social virtue.

他讓她相信,他的態(tài)度與平時一樣,特別注重社交上的優(yōu)美風度。


二、詞義辨析:


merit,virtue,perfection

這些名詞均可表示“優(yōu)點,長處”之意。 merit指有值得贊揚的優(yōu)點,但不一定是出類拔萃。 virtue指人或物的優(yōu)點長處,指人的美德。 perfection指達到了理想或完美的程度。


三、參考例句:


His virtue is patience.

耐心是他的美德。


Honesty is a virtue.

誠實是一種美德。


Punctuality is a virtue.

守時是一種美德。


Patience is a virtue.

忍耐是一種美德。


Virtue will prevail against evil.

美德定將戰(zhàn)勝邪惡。


Virtue is its own reward.

為善自得其樂。


Her virtue is like a pathless desert.

她的品德像一片人跡難到的沙漠。


His?virtue?had been rewarded so.

他的德行獲得了這樣的報應(yīng)。


Nylons have the virtue of durability.

尼龍絲襪有耐穿的優(yōu)點。


Virtue is far fairer than beauty.

美德遠勝于美貌。