| 釋義 |
virtuen.
1.moral excellence,excellent qualities 美德。
△ L.L.L.5.2.350(349):“You nickname virtue;vice you shouldhave spoke。”你誤用了“美德”一詞，你應(yīng)該說(shuō)是“罪惡”。(按：公主故意拿virtue的另一種意思來(lái)取笑。)
△ As.3.2.7:“That every eye which in this forest looks / Shall seethy virtue witnessed everywhere.”每一個(gè)到這森林里觀賞的人都將看到你的美德處處傳揚(yáng)。
2. (abstr. for concr . ) virtuous person賢德的人，有德者。
△2H.IV Ⅳ. 2 . 4. 50 (46 ): “my poor virtue，” i.e. my sweet virtuous one. 我可憐的好人兒。
△3H.VI. 3 . 2 . 62:“ My love till death,my humble thanks,my prayers -/ That love which virtue begs and virtuegrants .”我至死不渝的忠愛(ài)，我的謙卑的感激，我為你作的祈禱——也就是有德者所乞求和有德者所給予的那種愛(ài)。
3. good quality. excellence優(yōu)點(diǎn)，長(zhǎng)處。
△Ado . 2 . 1 . 129( 122) : “Can virtue hide itselfe?” 一個(gè)人的長(zhǎng)處，難道遮掩得了嗎？
△Ado . 4 . 1 . 222(220):“then we find / The virlue that possession would not show us”. 那時(shí)我們才會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)享有時(shí)所不曾發(fā)現(xiàn)的好處。
△Mid . 3 . 1 . 147(140): “thy fair virtue’s force”，i . e . the power of your boauty . 你耶美姿(又譯：美德)的力量。
△Tw . 1 . 3 . 142( 131 ): “Is it a world to hide virtues in?”在這世界上豈是應(yīng)該把才能隱藏起來(lái)的嗎？
4. accomplishment,merit成就.功績(jī)。
△1H . IV . 3 . 1.126(124): “A virtue that was never seen in you.”這種成就，在你那里還沒(méi)有看到。
△2H.VI . 4 . 2 . 12(10): “O miserable age! Virtue is not regarded in handicraftsmen.”啊.悲慘的時(shí)代！ 手藝人的功勞是不受重視的。
5. power力量。
△Mac . 4 . 3 . 156: “With this strange virtue .” i. e. Together with the strange healing power. 除了這種奇異的能力之外。
△Oth . 1 . 3 . 321 (318): “butit is not in my virtue to amend it . ”但是我又沒(méi)有力量糾正。
△L.L . L. 5. 2 . 349 (348): “The virtue of your eyemust break my oath . ”您的眼睛的魔力使我違背了誓言。
△Mer . 5 . 1 . 199: “If you had known the virtue of the ring.”你若是知道這只戒指的力量。
6. power. authority 權(quán) 力.權(quán)威。
△2H . IV . 4 . 1 . 162(160). “Hath the Prince John a ful l commission. / In very ample virtue of his father.” i.e. with the complete power of his father: as plenipotentiary for his father. 約翰王子可有充分的權(quán)威，做他父親的全權(quán)代表嗎？
△H . VI I I . 2 . 2 . 104 (103):“by whose virtue”，根據(jù)此委任狀的權(quán)威。
△ Ado . 3 . 3 . 54(51):“by virtue of your office，” i. e. by the authority of your office.按照你們職務(wù)的極力。
7. essence. substance. point本質(zhì).實(shí)質(zhì)，要點(diǎn)。
△1H . IV.1 . 2. 207(186): “The virtue of this jest will be the incomprehensible lies that this same fat rogue will tell us when we meet at supper，”這個(gè)玩笑的要點(diǎn)就存于：等我們吃晚飯聚會(huì)時(shí)那個(gè)混賬胖子要向我們講些什么無(wú)邊無(wú)際的謊話(huà)。
8. essence,substance,soul本質(zhì)，本體，靈魂。
△Mid . 4.1 . 175(169): “the virtue of my heart.”我的心靈的向往。
9. jnherent power. property,faculty機(jī)能，屬性，官能。
△ Ham . 4 . 5 . 153( 155): “Tears seven times salt / Burn out the sense and virtue of mine eye!” (To be spared so painful a spectacle Laertes longs to lose both sight and reason.)加了七次鹽的淚水，泡瞎我的眼睛的知覺(jué)和官能吧！
10. peculiar or distinguishing characteristic 特 征。
△As . 3 . 2 . 128(120): “and that’s the right virtue of the medlar.”這正是枇杷的道地的特點(diǎn)。
11. property. efficacy. power性能，功效，力量。
△Rom2 . 3 . 13 : “Many for many virtues excellent,/ None but for some,and yet all different.” i. e. Many plants have many excellent properties. and there is no plant which does not have some peculiar healing qualities.有許多花草是妙用無(wú)窮，至少各有其妙而又各個(gè)不同。
△As. 5.4 . 108(102 ): “Your If is the only peacemaker: machvirtue in If.”“假如”是惟一的和事老；“假如”的作用真大。
△Mer . 5 . 1 . 101 :“Silence bestows that virtue on it.”幽靜給音樂(lè)增添了優(yōu)美。
△R . III . 4 . 4 . 371 (370): “ ThyGarter. blemished. pawned his (= its) knightly vir-tue；”你的嘉德勛章.被玷污了，喪失了它代表騎七的效力(又譯：美德)。
by that virtue: by virtue of that憑借這種效力，由于這種原因。
△H . VII I . 5 . 3. 49 (5. 2. 84 ): “you are aCouncillor. / And by that virtue no man dare accuseyou.”你是 一 位樞密院大臣，南于這種原因，沒(méi)人敢控訴你。
12. power,efficacy,i.e. beneficial herb. efficaciousmedicinal plant力量.功效，（轉(zhuǎn)義）有益藥草，有效藥用植物，
△ Lr . 4 . 4 . 16: “All you unpublished virtues of theearth，”你們 一 切在上地里隱藏著的靈藥奇草。
13. efficacious agency. curative power效能，治愈力
△Ham . 4 . 7 . 144: “Collected from all simples thathave virtue / Under the moon.” ( Medicinal herbswere thought to be more efficacious if gathered bymoonlight . ) 在月光下采集的具有療效的一切藥草。
14. manliness. valour,courage男子氣概，英勇，勇氣。
△1H . IV . 2 . 4 . 134(1 18): “Is there no virtue extant?”世上難道就沒(méi)有勇敢的人了嗎？
△Lr . 5 . 3 . 104(103):“Trustto thy single virtue，”i. e. Trust to your own bravery.只依靠你自己一個(gè)人的勇敢吧。
15. uprightness,purity正直，純潔。
△Ham. 1 . 3 . 16:“The virtue of his will.”他的愿望的純潔。
16. ?authority,power權(quán)威.權(quán)力。
?excellence. mer-it杰出，功績(jī)。
△1H . vi. 1 . 1 . 8: “England ne’er had aking (i. e. a king in the fullest sense) until his time: /Virtue he had. deserving to command；”英格蘭從來(lái)還沒(méi)有這樣一位真命國(guó)君：他有權(quán)威.足以發(fā)號(hào)施令(又譯：他功勛卓著，足以服眾)。
Phrase:
make a virtue of necessity: do as if from sense of du-ty something one must needs do為不得不做的事找一個(gè)高尚動(dòng)機(jī)。
△Gent . 4 . 1 . 62(60): “To make a virtue ofnecessity / And live as we do in this wilderness?”窮途落難，不妨借此棲身.你就像我們一樣在曠野里討個(gè)生活呢？ virtue[?v?:tju:]n.善，美德，優(yōu)點(diǎn)
◇ be virtue of 憑借
by virtue of sth.依靠，憑借，由于，因?yàn)?br/>make a virtue of necessity 痛痛快快做事
‖ virtue and vice 善與惡
virtue and wickedness美德與邪惡
virtue education 思想教育
virtues and defects 優(yōu)缺點(diǎn)
virtueless adj.無(wú)美德的，缺少優(yōu)點(diǎn)的
virtuous[?v?:tju?s]adj.善良的，有道德的，有效力的
virtuous action 善行
virtuous individualism 公正的個(gè)人主義
virtuously adv.合乎道德地，善良地 |