1.做名詞使用。意思是尺寸，The tailor took my measure for a new dress.作措施講。The goverment is taking meadures to stop the air pollution.

2.作不及物動詞。The river measures more than 1000meters.

3.作及物動詞用。They measured the distance between the school and the hospital.

By any measure, it was one of the most drastic moves ever taken by an American corporation.

不管用什麼標準衡量，這都是一家美國公司有史以來所採取的最極端的行動之一。

2.

The Chinese expression "of virtue" is unreasonable, just as impersonal as the law is a rigid measure.

華人的“忠孝節義”是不講道理的，就象法律那樣不講人情，是一個僵硬的衡量標準。

3.

One important measure of the instability is particle size.

不穩定性的一個重要測量標準是微粒的尺寸。

！virtue有動詞和形容詞。動詞是virtualize，vt. 虛擬化。形容詞是virtual，adj. 幾乎……的，實質上的；（在計算機或互聯網上存在或出現的）虛擬的，模擬的；（光學）虛的，虛擬的；（機械學）虛的；（物理）虛的

One day virtual reality will revolutionize the entertainment industry.

virtue的形容詞是virtuous，沒有動詞形式，而且virtue本身也只能作名詞。其形容詞virtuous釋義如下。

（1）behaving in a very good and moral way品行端正的，品德高的，有道德的

例如：Louis was shown as an intelligent, courageous and virtuous family man.

路易斯看上去是一個聰明、勇敢而且品德高尚的顧家男人。

（2）claiming to behave better or having higher moral standards than other people自命不凡的，自命清高的

例如：I cleaned the apartment, which makes me feel virtuous.

我打掃了整個公寓，這讓我感到自己很了不起。