词为我用 - virtuous

词汇释义

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UK  /ˈvɜː.tʃu.əs/ US  /ˈvɝː.tʃu.əs/

1. adj, A virtuous person behaves in a moral and correct way.有德行的，道德高尚的，正直的

2. adj, If you describe someone as virtuous, you mean that they have done what they ought to do and feel very pleased with themselves, perhaps too pleased.自命不凡的，自鸣得意的

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外刊例句

1. Morgan went on to side with declining viewership numbers and wrote in his column that viewers were "treated to a breathtakingly boring procession of self-indulgent heavily scripted actors delivering supremely virtuous identity-politics speeches."(Fox News)

2. “This notion that New Mexico is somehow more virtuous from a regulatory standpoint than Colorado, Wyoming, North Dakota or any other public lands state is not factually accurate.”(Washington Times)

3. “Trump just shattered that system,” Mr. Goldsmith said, warning that the most successful legislative push might not be enough to ensure a “virtuous” president.(New York Times)

4. Working in virtuous white plaster, then recasting for the ages in stone or bronze, Valentine created heroic images of fallen Confederate leaders that defined the Lost Cause.(Washington Post)

5. It asked for him to be replaced “with a responsible and virtuous Christian leader” and launched a website detailing scores of controversial moments in the most recent five years of his tenure.(Washington Post)

6. They asked for him to be replaced “with a responsible and virtuous Christian leader,” and launched a website detailing scores of controversial moments in the most recent five years of his tenure.(Seattle Times)

7. It seemed to validate the notion of a virtuous circle, where better-paid and better-treated workers spent more and were more productive.(Seattle Times)

8. Its obsession with delighting customers fuels a “virtuous cycle,” they say, that ends up benefiting everyone — even Amazon’s more than 250,000 warehouse workers.(Seattle Times)

9. The falling dollar “unleashes a ‘virtuous cycle’ that lifts the global economy,” said Karl Schamotta, chief market strategist at Cambridge Global Payments in Toronto.(Reuters)

10. They are the beneficiaries of a virtuous circle: Their thriving cities attract young college graduates and skilled workers, which attract the companies that want to employ them, which attract more workers drawn by job opportunities.(New York Times)

11. It was a virtuous cycle that catapulted Miko into Twitch stardom, which is also something it’s clear she hasn’t totally processed yet.(The Verge)

12. In her documentary Miss Americana, Taylor Swift admitted that the need to be perceived as virtuous amounted to her “entire moral code”.(The Guardian)

词汇搭配

virtuous people, cycle, circle

词汇家族

virtue, virtues, virtuously, virtuousness

词汇来源

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 "moral strength, high character, goodness; manliness; valor, bravery, courage (in war); excellence, worth," from vir "man" (from PIE root *wi-ro- "man").From mid-14c. in English as "having beneficial or efficacious properties;" late 14c. (of persons) as "having excellent moral qualities; conforming to religious law."

近义词

decent, ethical, good, honest, honorable, just, moral, nice, right, right-minded, righteous, straight, true, upright

反义词

bad, black, dishonest, dishonorable, evil, evil-minded, immoral, indecent, sinful, unethical, unrighteous, wicked, wrong

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