virtue

名词 n.
中文释义
美 /ˈvɝt͡ʃu/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. (uncountable) The idea of all that is good or excellent (in every sense of those terms) in a human being, collectively instantiated by a varying number of human traits known as "the virtues", the enumeration of which vary by the many virtue systems which have developed within different cultures, religions, and historical periods. countable,uncountable
  2. Accordance with moral principles; conformity of behaviour or thought with the strictures of morality; good moral conduct. uncountable
    — Without virtue, there is no freedom.
  3. An attribute of a personality (a "personality trait") which predisposes a person to behaviors resulting in human goodness; an admirable quality. countable
    — The commission of acts by a person which he or she believes to be wrong can cause a diminishment of one or more of the virtues which subsist in the person's personality; in this way such actions may be viewed as significant life events.
  4. A particular manifestation of moral excellence in a person. countable,uncountable
  5. Specifically, each of several qualities held to be particularly important, including the four cardinal virtues, the three theological virtues, or the seven virtues opposed to the seven deadly sins. countable,uncountable
    — The divine virtues of truth and equity are the only bands of friendship, the only supports of society.
  6. An inherently advantageous or excellent quality of something or someone; a favourable point, an advantage. countable,uncountable
    — There were divers other plants, which I had no notion of or understanding about, that might, perhaps, have virtues of their own, which I could not find out.
  7. A creature embodying divine power, specifically one of the orders of heavenly beings, traditionally ranked above angels and archangels, and below seraphim and cherubim. countable,uncountable
    — Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Virtues, Powers; / For in possession such, not only of right, / I call ye, and declare ye now […].
  8. Specifically, moral conduct in sexual behaviour, especially of women; chastity. uncountable
    — though she did not suppose Lydia to be deliberately engaging in an elopement without the intention of marriage, she had no difficulty in believing that neither her virtue nor her understanding would preserve her from falling an easy prey.
  9. The inherent power of a god, or other supernatural being. countable,obsolete,uncountable
  10. The inherent power or efficacy of something (now only in phrases). countable,uncountable
    — There was a virtue in the wave; His limbs, that, stiff with toil, Dragg’d heavy, from the copious draught receiv’d Lightness and supple strength.

词形变化

virtues plural vertu alternative vertuu alternative,obsolete vertue alternative,archaic

词汇关系

近义词
douth thew goodness
反义词
vice foible
衍生词
by virtue of in virtue of cardinal virtue dormitive virtue in virtue of which lady of light virtue make a virtue of necessity patience is a virtue pseudovirtue virtue ethicist virtue ethics virtue is its own reward virtue name virtue signal virtue signaler virtue signaling virtue-signaling virtue signaller virtue-signalling virtue signalling virtuous woman of easy virtue
相关词
virago virile virtual virtuosa virtuosity virtuoso virtuous aretaic paragon

词源

From Middle English vertu, virtue, borrowed from Anglo-Norman vertu, virtu, from Latin virtus (“manliness, bravery, worth, moral excellence”), from vir (“man”). Doublet of vertu. See virile. In this sense, displaced Old English cræft, whence Modern English craft.
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