名词

1. 善行;正直的品性;良好的习惯
Virtue is thinking and doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong.

2. 美德;德行
A virtue is a good quality or way of behaving.

3. 优点;长处
The virtue of something is an advantage or benefit that it has, especially in comparison with something else.

4. 靠;凭借;由于;因为
You use by virtue of to explain why something happens or is true.

5. （假装）心甘情愿地做（迫不得已的事）
If you make a virtue of something, you pretend that you did it because you chose to, although in fact you did it because you had to.

1. the quality of doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong

Synonym: virtuousnessmoral excellence

2. a particular moral excellence

3. morality with respect to sexual relations

Synonym: chastitysexual morality

4. any admirable quality or attribute

e.g. work of great merit

Synonym: merit