virtue

Tugend

Eine gute Eigenschaft im Charakter eines Menschen, etwa Ehrlichkeit oder Geduld.

In einfachem Englisch: A good quality in a person’s character, such as honesty or patience.

• Patience is a useful virtue.
• Honesty was one of her greatest virtues.
• He has many virtues, including kindness.

Synonyme: good quality, strength

Gegenteile: vice

Häufige Wendungen: a virtue, virtue of patience, personal virtue

Vorzug, Vorteil

Eine nützliche oder gute Eigenschaft einer Person oder Sache.

In einfachem Englisch: A useful or good feature of someone or something.

• The phone has the virtue of being easy to use.
• This method has several virtues.
• Her proposal has one clear virtue: simplicity.

So benutzt man es: the virtue of something (The main virtue of this plan is its low cost.)

Synonyme: advantage, merit, strength

Gegenteile: drawback

Häufige Wendungen: virtue of something, chief virtue, great virtue

Tugend, Rechtschaffenheit

Die Eigenschaft, sich gut zu verhalten und moralisch richtig zu handeln.

In einfachem Englisch: The quality of behaving well and doing what is morally right.

• She believed in the value of virtue.
• Their laws were meant to encourage virtue.
• We admired his virtue as well as his courage.

Synonyme: goodness, moral integrity

Gegenteile: vice

Häufige Wendungen: moral virtue, life of virtue, virtue and vice