virtue
/ˈvəːtjuː/
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vir - tue -> virtue
(n) သူတော်ကောင်းတရား
virtue /'vɜ:tʃu:/ n
၁။ (က) [U] သူတော်ကောင်းတရား။ စင်ကြယ်သောအကျင့်သီလ။ သုစရိုက်။ lead a life of virtue ❍ No one would describe him as a paragon of virtue.
(ခ) [C] အကျင့်ကောင်း။ အလေ့အထကောင်း။ extol / praise the virtue of hard work ❍ (saying ) Patience is a virtue. Compare VICE1၁
၂။ [C,U] ကောင်းကွက်။ အားသာချက်။ The plan has the great virtue of being flexible/of flexibility. ❍ He was extolling the virtues of private education. ❍ The director has made a virtue of the film's limited budget.
❏ by virtue of sth [IDM ] အရင်းခံ၍။ အကြောင်းပြု၍။ ခြင်းကြောင့်။ They are paid more by virtue of their seniority. ❍ She got the job by virtue of being the only one to apply.
❏ make a virtue of necessity [IDM ] အကြောင်းမထူး တော့သည့် အတူတူ ပကတိအခြေအနေကို လက်ခံလိုက်သည်။ Being short of money, I made a virtue of necessity and gave up smoking.
❏ virtuous /'vɜ:tʃuǝs/ adj
၁။ မွန်မြတ်သော။ ကောင်းမြတ် သော။ virtuous behaviour ❍ a virtuous person.
၂။ (derog or joc ) အဟုတ်ကြီး [ထင်သော]။ He's feeling all virtuous because he's washed the car! virtuously adv
- Patience is not one of my virtues.
- Teaching children the virtues of discipline and self-control
- Obedience is an important military virtue.
- [virtue of] : One virtue of the plan is that it is cheaper to implement.
- [preach/proclaim/extol the virtues of] : She goes on lecture tours to preach the virtues of free-market capitalism.
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