Online Class Notes (Mike)

virtue (n)  美德
He led a life of virtue.
他过着高尚的生活。
She was certainly no paragon of virtue !
她决不是道德高尚的典范！

She got the job by virtue of her greater experience.
She became a British resident by virtue of her marriage.

threshold (n) 阈值

He has a low boredom threshold (= he gets bored easily).
I have a high pain threshold (= I can suffer a lot of pain before I start to react).