spirit Význam & definícia

Význam spirit v slovenčine

• 0 a particular way of thinking, feeling, or behaving, especially a way that is typical of a particular group of people, an activity, a time, or a place:

  • The players have a very strong team spirit (= loyalty to each other).

  • As rock musicians in the 1960s, they were very much part of the spirit of the age/times.

  • We acted in a spirit of cooperation.

  • I've been in high/low spirits (= feeling happy/sad) lately.

  • Her spirits lifted/rose (= she felt happier) as she read the letter.

  • The negative reply dashed his spirits (= made him unhappy).

  • They followed neither the spirit nor the letter of the law.

  • They went to the tennis club a few times but never really got into the spirit of it.

  • "Come on, we can win this game." "That's the spirit."

• 1 the characteristics of a person that are considered as being separate from the body, and that many religions believe continue to exist after the body dies:

  • Although he's now living in America, I feel he's with me in spirit (= I feel he is present and is influencing me, in a way that is not physical).

  • an evil spirit

  • The spirits of long-dead warriors seemed to haunt the area.

• 2 enthusiasm, energy, or courage:

  • The orchestra performed The Rite of Spring with great spirit.

  • The torture failed to break the prisoner's spirit.

• 3 a strong alcoholic drink:

  • Vodka is a type of spirit.

  • Spirits are more expensive than beer, but they get you drunk faster.

  • Thin the paint with white spirit.

• 4 to move someone or something out of or away from a place secretly:

  • Somehow the prisoners managed to spirit news out to the world outside.

• 5 a state of mind or attitude:

  • It’s very important to play the game in the right spirit.

  • Rock music in the 1960s expressed the spirit of the times.

• 6 the inner character of a person, thought of as different from the material person we can see and touch:

  • [ U ] All her life she remained young in spirit, bubbling with ideas.

  • [ C ] It is a belief of many religions that your spirit lives on after your body dies.

• 7 enthusiasm and energy:

  • The orchestra performed the symphony with great spirit.

• 8 to move someone or something secretly:

  • [ M ] Everyone wonders who spirited away the body.