來自拉丁語vir,男人,詞源同virile,引申詞義男人應有的品行和美德,具體為7種基本品行:justice,prudence,temperance,fortitude,hope,faith,charity,後來詞義通用化也用來指女人的美德,貞潔等。
For my part I honour with the name of virtue the habit of acting in a way troublesome to oneself and useful to others. [Stendhal "de l'Amour," 1822]Especially (in women) "chastity, sexual purity" from 1590s. Phrase by virtue of (early 13c.) preserves alternative Middle English sense of "efficacy." Wyclif Bible has virtue where KJV uses power. The seven cardinal virtues (early 14c.) were divided into the natural (justice, prudence, temperance, fortitude) and the theological (hope, faith, charity). To make a virtue of a necessity (late 14c.) translates Latin facere de necessitate virtutem [Jerome].
來自柯林斯例句
來自柯林斯例句
來自柯林斯例句
來自柯林斯例句
來自柯林斯例句