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virtuousness

/vur-choo-uhs/US // ˈvɜr tʃu əs //UK // (ˈvɜːtʃʊəs) //

德行,美德,德性,道德性

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : conforming to moral and ethical principles; morally excellent; upright: Lead a virtuous life.
    • : chaste: a virtuous young person.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounchastity

Examples

  • There’s the potential for a virtuous cycle where lower costs recruit more consumers, who make further cost savings possible.

  • The American experience of the last four years should be a sobering reminder that the American government is not inherently virtuous or even inherently competent.

  • In short, a thorough belief in her own virtuousness and superior excellence was the key-note of her character.

  • In fact, George Sand has in no instance been less happy in defending her conduct and in setting forth her immaculate virtuousness.

  • The identification of happiness with virtue, however, necessitates the distinction between active virtue and virtuousness.

  • On the contrary, the hanging was turned by her partisans into an occasion for praising her marvellous virtuousness.

  • What is thy opinion as to the virtuousness or otherwise of this state of things?