| 释义 |
virtue | BrE ˈvəːtʃuː,ˈvəːtjuː, AmE ˈvərtʃu | noun ① countable (good quality) 美德 měidé ▸ patience is a virtue 耐心是一种美德 ▸ to make a virtue of necessity 不得已而甘愿为之 ② uncountable (goodness) 高尚品行 gāoshàng pǐnxíng ▸ virtue is its own reward proverb 有德便是有报 ③ countable (advantage) 优点 yōudiǎn ▸ to have the virtue of sth 有某种优点 ▸ to extol the virtues of sth 赞美某事的长处 ▸ by virtue of sth 由于某事 ④ uncountable archaic (chastity) 贞操 zhēncāo ▸ (a woman) of easy virtue 水性杨花的（女人） |