Virtue
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n. 美德;德行;價值;長處;
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Kindness is but one of his virtues.
善良僅是他的美德之一。
He claimed a pension in virtue of his long illness.
由于長期生病,他申請救助金。
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.
他是一個品德高尚的人。
His virtue had been rewarded so.
他的德行獲得了這樣的報應。
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【串】報紙某issue(一期),嘲笑說是tissue(手巾紙),結果被sue(控告),家被搜ensue(接著發生的),逃跑被pursue(追趕),被殺后建statue(雕像),紀念他virtue(德行)
【記】※ 諧音“我廚”:老婆逢人就夸我愛下廚的美德
※ virus-病毒,virtue-德行:故意傳播電腦病毒不是好的德行
※ vi-羅馬數字“6”,r-似“花”,t-似數字“七”,u-you你,e-拼音“鵝”:6朵花和七只你的鵝都有優點
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virtue
n
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(a) [U] moral goodness or excellence 美德; 道德上的優良品性
lead a life of virtue 過高尚的生活
(esp joc 尤作戲謔語) a paragon of virtue 美德的典范.
(b) [C] particular form of this; good habit 美德; 良好的習慣
(saying 諺) Patience is a virtue. 忍耐是一種美德.
extol, praise, etc the virtues of thrift 頌揚、 贊美...節儉的好習慣. Cf 參看 vice1 1.
2 [C, U] the ~ (of sth/being sth/doing sth) attractive or useful quality; advantage 優點; 長處
This seat has the virtue of being adjustable. 這種座位的好處是可以調節.
The great virtue of camping is its cheapness/is that it is cheap. 野營的一大優點是省錢.
learn the virtue(s) of keeping one's mouth shut, ie of not always saying what one thinks 要有慎言的優點.
3 [U] (fml or joc 文或謔) chastity, esp of a woman 操守; （尤指女子的）貞操, 貞節
lose/preserve one's virtue 失去[保持]貞潔.
4 (idm 習語) by virtue of sth (fml 文) on account of or because of sth 由於或因為某事物
He was exempt from charges by virtue of his youth/of being so young/of the fact that he was so young. 他因年幼而獲得免費. 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. 我因缺錢, 倒也樂得把煙戒了. a woman of easy virtue => woman. virtue is its own reward (saying 諺) behaving virtuously should give one enough satisfaction for one not to expect any further reward 做好事即樂在其中.
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我求”（諧音） 美德
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*['v?:tju:]n. 德行, 美德, 優點, 功效, 效力【法】 美德, 貞操, 優點相關詞組: by virtue of
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效力，優點，性能
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I'm enjoying this. Where exactly are we going?
我喜歡這次旅行。我們到底要去哪里？
If you want to send a letter to an office abroad that is in a different time zone, you can send a fax, and it will be received even though the office is not open.
如果你要寄信到不同時區的國外辦公室，你可以發個傳真，即使辦公室不開門，信也會被收到。
Before he returned to India, he decided to live as a poor man and not to possess wealth.
在回印度之前，他已決心過窮人一樣的生活，不占有財富。