cardinal virtue

短语

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词形变化

cardinal virtues 复数 cardinal virtues

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    One of the four foundational virtues identified by Greek and Christian philosophers, on which other virtues depend: justice, temperance, prudence, or fortitude.

    宗教 哲学

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

virtue

词源

From Latin cardinālis (“pertaining to a hinge (hence applied to that on which something turns or depends), important, principal, chief”).

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