Virtue



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 美德;好处
• ［英］ n. 美德 ( a good quality of character or behavior) ; 好处 ( advantage)
• ［类］ doldrums : energy / depravity : virtue ( 消沉没有活力 / 堕落没有美德)

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: Middle English vertu, virtu, from Anglo-French, from Latin virtut-, virtus strength, manliness, virtue, from vir man — more at virile
• Date: 13th century
• 1.
  • a. conformity to a standard of right ; morality
  • b. a particular moral excellence
• 2. plural an order of angels — see celestial hierarchy
• 3. a beneficial quality or power of a thing
• 4. manly strength or courage ; valor
• 5. a commendable quality or trait ; merit
• 6. a capacity to act ; potency
• 7. chastity especially in a woman
• ? virtueless adjective

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