词汇精选:virtue的用法和辨析
一、详细释义:
n.
高尚的品德;正直的品行
例句:
You can trust him; he's a man of highest virtue.
你可以信任他。他是一位品德高尚的人。
例句:
Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set.
美德如宝石,朴素它最美。
美德;德行
例句:
Courtesy is the inseparable companion of virtue.
礼貌和美德是分不开的伴侣。
例句:
Prosperity doth best discover vice, but adversity doth discover virtue.
顺境时显现恶习,逆境时凸现美德
【古】(女子的)贞操
例句:
Not that I mistrust her virtue, but - she is a woman. there lie the suspicion.
并非我怀疑她的贞操,可是--她是个女人嘛。怀疑就在于这一点。
例句:
Any woman in the world, even a nun, would rather lose her virtue than her reputation.
世间的女性,甚至尼姑,都情愿失掉贞操也不愿失掉声誉。
优点
例句:
Meekness is a virtue he appreciates in his wife.
温顺是他所欣赏的妻子的优点之一。
例句:
Nylons have the virtue of durability.
尼龙丝袜有耐穿的优点。
(内在的)功效,价值
例句:
And its value exists by virtue of the fact that it is generally acceptable.
它拥有的只是法律所赋予它的价值。
[Virtues]【宗】道德天使
【古】男子气概,风度
例句:
He gave her this assurance with his usual air of being particularly pleased to exercise a social virtue.
他让她相信,他的态度与平时一样,特别注重社交上的优美风度。
二、词义辨析:
merit,virtue,perfection
这些名词均可表示“优点,长处”之意。merit指有值得赞扬的优点,但不一定是出类拔萃。virtue指人或物的优点长处,指人的美德。perfection指达到了理想或完美的程度。
三、参考例句:
His virtue is patience.
耐心是他的美德。
Honesty is a virtue.
诚实是一种美德。
Punctuality is a virtue.
守时是一种美德。
Patience is a virtue.
忍耐是一种美德。
Virtue will prevail against evil.
美德定将战胜邪恶。
Virtue is its own reward.
为善自得其乐。
Her virtue is like a pathless desert.
她的品德像一片人迹难到的沙漠。
His virtue had been rewarded so.
他的德行获得了这样的报应。
Nylons have the virtue of durability.
尼龙丝袜有耐穿的优点。
Virtue is far fairer than beauty.
美德远胜于美貌。