vertu

n. 艺术品或古董, 爱好古董者

发音

UK /vəˈtuː/
US /vɚˈtu/

别名

vertù virtu

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The fine arts as a subject of study or expertise; understanding of arts and antiquities.

    历史 不可数 艺术
  2. 2.

    Objets d'art collectively.

    历史 不可数 艺术
  3. 3.

    Especially with reference to the writings of Machiavelli (1469–1527): the requisite qualities for political or military success; vitality, determination; power.

    不可数

    All these connotations, even the positive and moral ones, are within the range of significations Machiavelli wants us to hear in “virtù.” For him the word suggests a kind of flexibility that can initiate effective, efficient, and energetic action based on a courageous assertion of the will and an ability to execute the products of one's own calculations. Such calculations are a significant adjunct to his ideas about virtù: they outline what might be called an internal or mental virtù.

  4. 4.

    Moral worth; virtue, virtuousness.

    不可数

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

connoisseurship virtu

上位词 5

taste quality appreciation discernment perceptiveness

相关短语

objet de vertu objets de vertu

词源

Borrowed from Italian virtù, †vertù (“moral worth, virtue (13th century); determination, perseverance, military valour (14th century); study of the liberal or fine arts; appreciation of, taste for, or expertise in the fine arts; objets d'art collectively (16th century)”); or from French vertu (“virtue”), ultimately from Latin virtūt-, virtus (“virtue”). Doublet of virtue; compare also virtuoso.

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