virtuous

英 ['vɜːtjʊəs; -tʃʊəs] 美['vɝtʃuəs]
  • adj. 善良的;有道德的;贞洁的;正直的;有效力的

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副词: virtuously;

英英释意


1. of moral excellence;
"a genuinely good person"
"a just cause"
"an upright and respectable man"
"the life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous"- Frederick Douglass
2. morally excellent
3. behaving according to standards of what is right or just;
"led a virtuous (or moral) life"
4. in a state of sexual virginity;
"pure and vestal modesty"
"a spinster or virgin lady"
"men have decreed that their women must be pure and virginal"

英文词源


virtuous (adj.)
c. 1300, "characterized by vigor or strength; having qualities befitting a knight; valiant, hardy, courageous;" from Old French vertuos "righteous; potent; of good quality; mighty, valiant, brave" (12c.), from Late Latin virtuosus "good, virtuous," from Latin virtus (see virtue). From mid-14c. in English as "having beneficial or efficacious properties;" late 14c. (of persons) as "having excellent moral qualities; conforming to religious law." Related: Virtuously; virtuousness.

考试真题


Far less certain, however, is how successfully experts and bureaucrats can select our peer groups and steer their activities in virtuous directions.

出自-2012年考研阅读原文

Far less certain, however, is how successfully experts and bureaucrats can select our peer groups and steer their activities in virtuous directions.

2012年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

实用场景例句


a wise and virtuous man
博学多识的君子

牛津词典

She lived an entirely virtuous life.
她一生品行端正。

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He was feeling virtuous because he had finished and they hadn't.
因为他完成了而他们没有,他自以为了不起。

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Louis was shown as an intelligent, courageous and virtuous family man.
路易斯在人们眼里是一个智慧、勇敢、品德高尚的顾家男人。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

I cleaned the flat, which left me feeling virtuous.
我打扫了整个公寓,这让我觉得自己很了不起。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Competitors are doing their best to break this virtuous cycle.
竞争对手正拼尽全力打破这个良性循环.

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Athens had turned against its most brilliant and virtuous citizen.
雅典把矛头指向其最有才有德的人.

哲学部分

A virtuous man will shun evil companions and practices.
有道德观念的人都会回避邪恶的伙伴与他们的习气.

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His digamous wife is very virtuous, and takes good care of him.
他的后婚妻子很贤惠, 把他照顾得很好.

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My uncle is always proud of having a virtuous wife.
叔叔一直为娶到一位贤德的妻子而骄傲.

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A virtuous but giddy girl attempts to play a trick on a man.
一个善良可轻浮的姑娘想开一个男人的玩笑.

辞典例句

Likewise, what good is it to be beautiful or handsome if one is not virtuous?
同样地, 人娇美或潇洒却没有美德有何用?

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He is sufferring at the same time oppressive, is one side even virtuous?
他一面受着压迫, 一面还要讲道德?

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Zhu Geliang was a virtuous and talented person in the period of the Three Kingdoms.
三国时期,诸葛亮是一位贤能之人.

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When one is surrounded by the virtuous, he'll become upright himself.
蓬生麻中, 不扶自直.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

She will make him a virtuous wife.
她将成为他(的)贤惠的妻子.

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The virtuous circle so much praised would be broken.
这种被多加赞扬的良性循环将被打破.

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She was such a virtuous woman that everybody respected her.
她是个有道德的女性,人人都尊敬她.

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However, we could attain to it by virtuous conducts.
不过, 我们可以通过德行等把握它.

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After all, I am a virtuous, aspiring and studious man.
毕竟, 我是一个善良 、 积极而且勤奋的人.

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The strength of this virtuous cycle has significantly improved the economics of these formats.
强有力的良性循环在很大程度上增强了这种经济模式.

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Abraham was not virtuous when he lied and said Sarah was his sister.
亚伯拉罕在说撒拉是他妹子的时候,是没有德行的.

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A virtuous and laborious people may be cheaply governed.
一个道德高尚、工作勤奋的民族,只需花费极少的治理成本.

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Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.
10才德的妇人,谁能得着 呢,他的价值胜过珍珠.

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Once the hero of Jefferson , the virtuous husbandman, he was the rube, the hick, the hayseed.
一度被杰斐逊奉为英雄的农民, 昔日俨然是男子汉大丈夫,而今却一落千丈,成了乡下人 、 庄稼汉 、 乡巴佬.

辞典例句

There are few virtuous women who do not tire of their role.
贞节之妇人而不厌倦其所扮演之角色者鲜矣.

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He looked lively and powerful , yet virtuous.
看起来体力充盈,很有威仪但很面善.

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Hoping you are a honest, faithful and loyal , have responsibility, virtuous, good education.
希望你是个诚实, 守信, 善良, 受过良好教育.

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