having or showing high moral standards 道德高尚的;有德性的 she considered herself very virtuous because she neither drank nor smoked. 她自认为是个有品行的人,不沾烟酒。 ■(archaic)(especially of a woman) chaste (古)(尤指妇女)贞洁的
派生 virtuously adverb virtuousness noun 语源
Middle English: from Old French vertuous, from late Latin virtuosus, from virtus 'virtue'