詞彙精選:virtue的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義:
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.
美德如寶石,樸素它最美。
美德;德行
例句:
Courtesy is the inseparable companion of virtue.
禮貌和美德是分不開的伴侶。
例句:
Prosperity doth best discover vice, but adversity doth discover virtue.
順境時顯現惡習,逆境時凸現美德
【古】(女子的)貞操
例句:
Not that I mistrust her virtue, but - she is a woman. there lie the suspicion.
並非我懷疑她的貞操,可是--她是個女人嘛。懷疑就在於這一點。
例句:
Any woman in the world, even a nun, would rather lose her virtue than her reputation.
世間的女性,甚至尼姑,都情願失掉貞操也不願失掉聲譽。
優點
例句:
Meekness is a virtue he appreciates in his wife.
溫順是他所欣賞的妻子的優點之一。
例句:
Nylons have the virtue of durability.
尼龍絲襪有耐穿的優點。
(內在的)功效,價值
例句:
And its value exists by virtue of the fact that it is generally acceptable.
它擁有的只是法律所賦予它的價值。
[Virtues]【宗】道德天使
【古】男子氣概,風度
例句:
He gave her this assurance with his usual air of being particularly pleased to exercise a social virtue.
他讓她相信,他的態度與平時一樣,特別注重社交上的優美風度。
二、詞義辨析:
merit,virtue,perfection
這些名詞均可表示“優點,長處”之意。merit指有值得讚揚的優點,但不一定是出類拔萃。virtue指人或物的優點長處,指人的美德。perfection指達到了理想或完美的程度。
三、參考例句:
His virtue is patience.
耐心是他的美德。
Honesty is a virtue.
誠實是一種美德。
Punctuality is a virtue.
守時是一種美德。
Patience is a virtue.
忍耐是一種美德。
Virtue will prevail against evil.
美德定將戰勝邪惡。
Virtue is its own reward.
爲善自得其樂。
Her virtue is like a pathless desert.
她的品德像一片人跡難到的沙漠。
His virtue had been rewarded so.
他的德行獲得了這樣的報應。
Nylons have the virtue of durability.
尼龍絲襪有耐穿的優點。
Virtue is far fairer than beauty.
美德遠勝於美貌。