virtues

英 [ˈvɜːtjuːz]

美 [ˈvɜrtʃuz]

n.  高尚的道德; 正直的品性; 德行; 美德; 优秀品质; 良好习惯; 优点; 长处; 用处
virtue的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 善行;正直的品性;良好的习惯
  Virtueis thinking and doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong.
  1. Virtue is not confined to the Christian world...
     善行并不是仅限于基督教世界。
  2. 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。
• N-COUNT 美德;德行
  Avirtueis a good quality or way of behaving.
  1. His virtue is patience...
     耐心是他的美德。
  2. Her flaws were as large as her virtues...
     她的缺点和优点一样多。
  3. Humility is considered a virtue.
     谦虚被认为是一种美德。
• N-COUNT 优点;长处
  Thevirtueof something is an advantage or benefit that it has, especially in comparison with something else.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
• PREP-PHRASE 靠;凭借;由于;因为
  You useby virtue ofto explain why something happens or is true.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
• PHRASE （假装）心甘情愿地做（迫不得已的事）
  If youmake a virtue ofsomething, you pretend that you did it because you chose to, although in fact you did it because you had to.
  1. The movie makes a virtue out of its economy.
     这部电影充分利用了其有限的成本。

双语例句

• They said the greatest virtues in a politician were integrity, correctness and honesty.
  他们说政治家身上最重要的美德就是正直、得体和诚实。
• Novelty, improvisation, self-expression, and blinding inspiration are not neoclassical virtues.
  新颖性，即兴创作，自我表达和致盲灵感不是新古典主义的美德。
• His virtues are as conspicuous as his defects.
  他的优点和缺点都很突出。
• Foreign-policy heavyweights are furiously debating the virtues and dangers of developing a new "g2" with china.
  外交政策重量级人马正在激辩与中国发展新g2的优点与危险。
• She instilled in the children the virtues of good hard work, and making the best of what you have.
  她慢慢给孩子们灌输勤奋工作的品德，教导他们充分利用现有的条件。
• Wherefore the theological virtues are specifically distinct from the moral and intellectual virtues.
  神学美德也因此与道德和智慧相当不同。
• Sense of propriety, righteousness, honesty, and shame are the four cardinal virtues in running a nation.
  礼义廉耻，国之四维。
• Gandhi exemplified the virtues of renunciation, asceticism and restraint.
  甘地体现了克己、禁欲和自我约束的美德。
• A system in which obedience and fortitude were unquestioned virtues.
  视服从和坚毅为公认美德的一种制度。
• His work exalts all those virtues that we, as Americans, are taught to hold dear.
  他的作品颂扬了所有那些身为美国人应该珍视的美德。