1. 贞操，节操
2. 美德，德行，品德，高尚的道德，正直的品性
3. 优点，长处，优秀品质
4. 功效，效力，效能
5. 德，善
6. 善行
7. 价值
8. 力
9. 【宗】第七级天使
10. 淑女

1. [U] 高尚的道德 goodness, nobleness, and worth of character as shown in right behavior
2. [C] 美德,德行 a good quality of character or behavior
3. [C] [U] 优点,长处; 好处,益处 (an) advantage

1. the quality of doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong

2. any admirable quality or attribute;

   "work of great merit"
   

3. morality with respect to sexual relations

4. a particular moral excellence

1.善行;正直的品性;良好的习惯
virtue is thinking and doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong.

e.g. virtue is not confined to the Christian world...
善行并不是仅限于基督教世界。
e.g. She could have established her own innocence andvirtue easily enough.
她本可以轻易地证实自己纯真善良的品性。

2.美德;德行
Avirtue is a good quality or way of behaving.

e.g. Hisvirtue is patience...
耐心是他的美德。
e.g. Her flaws were as large as her virtues...
她的缺点和优点一样多。

3.优点;长处
Thevirtue of something is an advantage or benefit that it has, especially in comparison with something else.

e.g. There was novirtue in returning to Calvi the way I had come...
沿着我来的路线返回卡尔维并不可取。
e.g. Its other greatvirtue, of course, is its hard-wearing quality.
它的另一个突出优点当然就是经久耐用。

4.靠;凭借;由于;因为
You useby virtue of to explain why something happens or is true.

virtue的近义词

e.g. The article stuck in my mind byvirtue of one detail...
由于一个细节，这篇文章在我脑海里印象深刻。
e.g. Mr Olaechea has British residency byvirtue of his marriage.
奥拉伊奇先生通过结婚而取得在英国的永久居留权。

5.（假装）心甘情愿地做（迫不得已的事）
If youmake a virtue of something, you pretend that you did it because you chose to, although in fact you did it because you had to.

e.g. The movie makes avirtue out of its economy.
这部电影充分利用了其有限的成本。

1. virtue是什么意思

1. 优点：可能很多姐妹不是工作上很出色的人,能把自己收拾得干净清爽,也是一个很大的优点(virtue). 不管怎么说,现实中的男人还是首先容易以貌取人的,不是所以的男人都只爱最美的女人,对于干净清爽的女人,大多数男人还有有好感的.

1. Humility is a virtue.
   谦虚是一种美德。
2. He has the virtue of being a good listener.
   他有虚心听取意见的优点。

• Honour, courage..humanity, and in one word, virtue in its true signification.

  出自：Earl of Chatham

• A..mentor for virtue in the midst of the political hurly-burly.

  出自：R. P. Warren

• How tiresome virtue is..blocking every path to pleasure.

  出自：personified

Fidelity to engagement is a virtue.

信守诺言是一种美德。

My neighbor is a man of highest virtue.

我的邻居是一个具有高尚品德的人。

He said his plan had the virtue of being the easiest to implement.

他说他的计划的优点是最简单易行。

Meekness is a virtue he appreciates in his wife.

温顺是他所欣赏的妻子的优点之一。

She's definitely not a woman of easy virtue.

她决不是一个放荡的女人。

He led a life of virtue.

他过着高尚的生活。

She was certainly no paragon of virtue !

她决不是道德高尚的典范！

Patience is not one of her virtues, I'm afraid.

恐怕她没有耐性。

The plan has the virtue of simplicity.

这项计划的优点是简单。

He was extolling the virtues of the Internet.

他赞扬了互联网的长处。

They could see no virtue in discussing it further.

他们看不到再讨论下去有什么用处。

She got the job by virtue of her greater experience.

她由于经验较为丰富而得到了那份工作。

virtue is not confined to the Christian world...

善行并不是仅限于基督教世界。

She could have established her own innocence and virtue easily enough.

她本可以轻易地证实自己纯真善良的品性。

His virtue is patience...

耐心是他的美德。

Her flaws were as large as her virtues...

她的缺点和优点一样多。

There was no virtue in returning to Calvi the way I had come...

沿着我来的路线返回卡尔维并不可取。

Its other great virtue, of course, is its hard-wearing quality.

它的另一个突出优点当然就是经久耐用。

The article stuck in my mind by virtue of one detail...

由于一个细节，这篇文章在我脑海里印象深刻。

Mr Olaechea has British residency by virtue of his marriage.

奥拉伊奇先生通过结婚而取得在英国的永久居留权。

The movie makes a virtue out of its economy.

这部电影充分利用了其有限的成本。

Knowledge is virtue. Ignorance is vice.

知识就是美德, 愚昧就是缺点.

virtue is the muscle tone that develops from daily and hourly training of a spiritual warrior.

美德是通过不断的精神锻炼而形成的坚实的肌肉.

As fire tries gold, so does adversity try virtue.

烈火炼真金, 逆境见美德.

He falls from virtue.

他品行堕落.

She planted the seeds of virtue in her children when they were young.

孩子们小的时侯,她就在他们心田里播下了道德的种子.

You need to decorate your mind with virtue.

你应该用德行美化心灵.

virtue is the antipode of selfishness.

道德与自私相反.

To practice thrift is a virtue.

俭朴是美德.

He excels in virtue.

他品德高尚.

The great virtue of air travel is speed.

乘飞机旅行的最大优点是速度快.

• ☆ 直接源自古法语的vertu，意为力量；最初源自拉丁语的virtutem，意为高尚的品格。