virtue

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

vir·tue [virtue virtues] BrE [ˈvɜːtʃuː] NAmE [ˈvɜːrtʃuː] noun
1. uncountable (formal)behaviour or attitudes that show high moral standards
•He led a life of virtue.
•She was certainly no paragon of virtue!
2. countable a particular good quality or habit
•Patience is not one of her virtues, I'm afraid.
•As a politician, he always emphasized the virtues of compromise and conciliation.
3. countable, uncountable an attractive or useful quality
Syn: ↑advantage
•The plan has the virtue of simplicity.
•He was extolling the virtues of the Internet.
•They could see no virtue in discussing it further.
more at of easy virtue at ↑easy _adj.
Idioms: ↑by virtue of something ▪ ↑make a virtue of necessity ▪ ↑virtue is its own reward

Word Origin:
Middle English: from Old French vertu, from Latin virtus ‘valour, merit, moral perfection’, from vir ‘man’.

Example Bank:
•He taught his children to practise/practice the virtues of temperance and chastity.
•He understands the traditional virtue of hard work.
•Her book has the cardinal virtue of simplicity.
•It would have taken a paragon of virtue not to feel jealous.
•Philippe embodies the French virtues of charm and grace.
•She has just one, negative virtue— she never tells lies.
•She was seen as a paragon of domestic virtue.
•The brochure makes a positive virtue of the island's isolated position.
•There is no inherent virtue in having read all the latest books.
•There is, of course. no inherent virtue in moderation.
•a story celebrating the virtues of democracy
•the theological virtues of faith, hope and charity
•women of easy virtue
•He was certainly no paragon of virtue!
•He was convinced of the inherent virtue of hard work.
•He was going on about the virtues of the Internet.
•She led a life of moral virtue.
•a woman of easy virtue

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  chastity, sexual morality, merit, virtuousness, moral excellence
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  demerit, fault