by virtue of

短语
大学

依靠, 由于 [法] 凭藉, 依靠, 由于...

发音

UK /baɪ ˈvɜːtʃuː ɒv/
AU
UK /-tjuː-/
US /baɪ ˈvɝtʃu ʌv/

释义与例句

prep.
  1. 1.

    (originally) By the authority or power of; (now) because of; on the grounds of; by reason of.

    习语

词源

Modification of Middle English in vertu of, a calque of Anglo-Norman par vertu de or Middle French par la vertu de (“by the authority of”); from Old French vertu (“goodness; honour; valour; virtue”) (whence English virtue (“(obsolete) inherent power of a god or other supernatural being; inherent power or efficacy of something”)).

来源：wiktionary