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词汇 virtuous
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Definition of virtuous in English:

virtuous

adjective ˈvəːtʃʊəsˈvəːtjʊəsˈvərtʃuəs
  • 1Having or showing high moral standards.

    道德高尚的;有德性的

    she considered herself very virtuous because she neither drank nor smoked

    她自认为是个有品行的人,因为她烟酒不沾。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Being virtuous means knowing the right time, place, circumstance, and manner in which to be courageous.
    • I, for one, from reading the Book of Job and having knowledge about the Eightfold Path would know that I have done the right thing by being virtuous since it would aid me in achieving nirvana.
    • Should applications of technology be socially virtuous by any standard?
    • Indeed, a parent who made his love conditional upon a child's maintaining some particular standard of virtuous behavior would be rightly regarded as something of a monster.
    • Athlete behavior is meant to be exemplary and virtuous and sustain the rags to riches myths of successful sports stars from humble origins.
    • He presented himself as an honest and virtuous man, a spokesman for the outsiders in society.
    • Another feature of ceremonial discourse is that it will praise the virtuous and the good because it is designed for its receiver's pleasure.
    • The first few pages of the letter reflect the virtuous principles that a mother would try to inculcate into her daughter in the 18th century.
    • Virgos are virtuous, ethical and kind-hearted.
    • He is a virtuous, moral man with dignity and strength, not the mild-mannered pushover of decades past.
    • Religions and true religious leaders have always motivated us to indulge only in noble thoughts and virtuous actions.
    • Many have thought that having certain emotions is an important part of what it is to be a virtuous moral agent.
    • The consummation, the crowning glory of a well-lived life, happiness would be granted only to the worthy, the virtuous, the god-like happy few.
    • Understanding the way karma works, we seek to live a good and virtuous life through right thought, right speech and right action.
    • For one thing, the sanctimonious sermons by journalists about how virtuous and upstanding they are make them easy to detest.
    • It's hypocritical in the sense that these people all lie yet proclaim themselves virtuous and honest, yes.
    • These guidelines state that if physicians must be moral and virtuous, the associations representing them must exhibit the same qualities and be seen to be acting in an altruistic fashion.
    • I've seen Titanic enough times to know that rich people are fatuous and greedy, while poor people are noble and virtuous.
    • The women's critique broke down views of virtue and vice that associated smoke with virtuous masculine industriousness and clean air with vicious feminized luxury.
    • That's why part of the school's mission is to build ‘a diverse, virtuous and moral America,’ he said.
    Synonyms
    righteous, good, moral, morally correct, ethical, upright, upstanding, high-minded, right-minded, right-thinking, principled, exemplary, clean, law-abiding, lawful, irreproachable, blameless, guiltless, unimpeachable, just, honest, honourable, unbribable, incorruptible, anti-corruption
    scrupulous, reputable, decent, respectable, noble, lofty, elevated, worthy, trustworthy, meritorious, praiseworthy, commendable, admirable, laudable
    pure, pure as the driven snow, whiter than white, sinless, saintly, saintlike, godly, angelic
    Christianity immaculate, impeccable
    informal squeaky clean
    1. 1.1archaic (especially of a woman) chaste.
      〈古〉(尤指妇女)贞洁的
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Arthurian quests in the name of chivalry, knight-errants fighting for the love and honor of a virtuous woman lose out in these Arthurian storylines to Arthur's subduing of countless lands.
      • Faithful Emilia died, still calmly defending Desdemona's innocence and proclaiming her love for the virtuous woman.
      • Shakespeare places a high value upon chastity, but he does not go so far as some of his contemporaries who thought that virtuous women had no physical desires.
      • Both serials harked back to a period when men were heroic, women were virtuous and times were better.
      • The price of a virtuous woman, says Proverbs, is more than that of rubies.
      Synonyms
      virginal, virgin, chaste, maidenly, vestal, celibate, abstinent
      pure, pure as the driven snow, sinless, free from sin, flawless, spotless, undefiled, untainted, unsullied, uncorrupted, intact, innocent, demure, modest, decent, seemly, decorous, wholesome

Derivatives

  • virtuously

  • adverb ˈvəːtjʊəsliˈvəːtʃʊəsli
    • ‘The way to remember the future,’ he answered as Tolstoy might have, ‘is to live virtuously in the present.’
      Example sentencesExamples
      • But by the early Victorian period angels were virtuously feminine in form and increasingly shown in domestic confinement, no longer free to fly.
      • We often act charitably or virtuously because we want to be seen that way - it's a pose, a self-projection, a part of our image management.
      • All experience suggests that exhortations to young people to behave virtuously in matters such as diet and exercise (not to mention in relation to alcohol, drugs and sex) are more likely to result in contrary behaviour.
      • This kinder, gentler discipline was designed to get children to behave virtuously because they had internalized national values, not because they feared either external authority or the shame they would bring on their families.
  • virtuousness

  • noun ˈvəːtʃʊəsnəsˈvəːtjʊəsnəsˈvərtʃuəsnəs
    • Anyway, this friend was asking me what had set me on the road to financial virtuousness (!) because, she confessed, she was rather hopeless with money herself and didn't know how to stop running up her credit card.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Callers try to top each other in the virtuousness of their hysteria, and the violence of their solutions.
      • During the 1950s the evil of communism was invariably defined by the virtuousness of its enemies.
      • Luke's innocence and virtuousness are emphasized in comparison to Hans' rugged masculine physical appearance, his morally ambiguous occupation and mercenary ideologies.
      • In much of today's Western culture, virtuousness is primarily associated with exaggerated propriety, but in past centuries virtue was of immense importance as a pivotal principle of religious, ethical and political thought.

Origin

Middle English: from Old French vertuous, from late Latin virtuosus, from virtus 'virtue'.

Definition of virtuous in US English:

virtuous

adjectiveˈvərCHo͞oəsˈvərtʃuəs
  • 1Having or showing high moral standards.

    道德高尚的;有德性的

    she considered herself very virtuous because she neither drank nor smoked

    她自认为是个有品行的人,因为她烟酒不沾。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • These guidelines state that if physicians must be moral and virtuous, the associations representing them must exhibit the same qualities and be seen to be acting in an altruistic fashion.
    • Another feature of ceremonial discourse is that it will praise the virtuous and the good because it is designed for its receiver's pleasure.
    • Athlete behavior is meant to be exemplary and virtuous and sustain the rags to riches myths of successful sports stars from humble origins.
    • He presented himself as an honest and virtuous man, a spokesman for the outsiders in society.
    • Many have thought that having certain emotions is an important part of what it is to be a virtuous moral agent.
    • I've seen Titanic enough times to know that rich people are fatuous and greedy, while poor people are noble and virtuous.
    • The first few pages of the letter reflect the virtuous principles that a mother would try to inculcate into her daughter in the 18th century.
    • The consummation, the crowning glory of a well-lived life, happiness would be granted only to the worthy, the virtuous, the god-like happy few.
    • Indeed, a parent who made his love conditional upon a child's maintaining some particular standard of virtuous behavior would be rightly regarded as something of a monster.
    • He is a virtuous, moral man with dignity and strength, not the mild-mannered pushover of decades past.
    • Understanding the way karma works, we seek to live a good and virtuous life through right thought, right speech and right action.
    • I, for one, from reading the Book of Job and having knowledge about the Eightfold Path would know that I have done the right thing by being virtuous since it would aid me in achieving nirvana.
    • For one thing, the sanctimonious sermons by journalists about how virtuous and upstanding they are make them easy to detest.
    • Should applications of technology be socially virtuous by any standard?
    • It's hypocritical in the sense that these people all lie yet proclaim themselves virtuous and honest, yes.
    • Virgos are virtuous, ethical and kind-hearted.
    • Religions and true religious leaders have always motivated us to indulge only in noble thoughts and virtuous actions.
    • Being virtuous means knowing the right time, place, circumstance, and manner in which to be courageous.
    • That's why part of the school's mission is to build ‘a diverse, virtuous and moral America,’ he said.
    • The women's critique broke down views of virtue and vice that associated smoke with virtuous masculine industriousness and clean air with vicious feminized luxury.
    Synonyms
    righteous, good, moral, morally correct, ethical, upright, upstanding, high-minded, right-minded, right-thinking, principled, exemplary, clean, law-abiding, lawful, irreproachable, blameless, guiltless, unimpeachable, just, honest, honourable, unbribable, incorruptible, anti-corruption
    1. 1.1archaic (especially of a woman) chaste.
      〈古〉(尤指妇女)贞洁的
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Shakespeare places a high value upon chastity, but he does not go so far as some of his contemporaries who thought that virtuous women had no physical desires.
      • Faithful Emilia died, still calmly defending Desdemona's innocence and proclaiming her love for the virtuous woman.
      • Both serials harked back to a period when men were heroic, women were virtuous and times were better.
      • The price of a virtuous woman, says Proverbs, is more than that of rubies.
      • Arthurian quests in the name of chivalry, knight-errants fighting for the love and honor of a virtuous woman lose out in these Arthurian storylines to Arthur's subduing of countless lands.
      Synonyms
      virginal, virgin, chaste, maidenly, vestal, celibate, abstinent

Origin

Middle English: from Old French vertuous, from late Latin virtuosus, from virtus ‘virtue’.

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