spirit是什么意思

详细释义

• 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 -- 精神；（尤指特定人群、活動、時代或地方的）主導精神

  • The players have a very strong team spirit (= loyalty to each other). 隊員們有很強的團隊精神。

  • As rock musicians in the 1960s, they were very much part of the spirit of the age/times. 作爲20世紀60年代的搖滾音樂家，他們在很大程度上代表了當時的時代精神。

  • We acted in a spirit of cooperation. 我們遵循合作精神行事。

  • I've been in high/low spirits (= feeling happy/sad) lately. 最近我情緒很好／不好。

  • Her spirits lifted/rose (= she felt happier) as she read the letter. 她看完信之後心情好了起來。

  • The negative reply dashed his spirits (= made him unhappy). 否定的答覆使得他情緒低落。

  • They followed neither the spirit nor the letter of the law. 他們既不遵從法律的實質精神，也不理睬其字面意義。

  • They went to the tennis club a few times but never really got into the spirit of it. 他們去了幾次網球俱樂部，但從未真正投身其中。

  • "Come on, we can win this game." "That's the spirit." 「加把勁，我們能贏這場比賽。」「這就對了。」

• 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 -- （獨立於肉體的）精神，靈魂；心靈

  • 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). 雖然他現在生活在美國，但我感覺他和我心靈相通。

  • an evil spirit 惡魔

  • The spirits of long-dead warriors seemed to haunt the area. 死去很久的武士的幽靈似乎經常在這個地區出沒。

• 2 enthusiasm, energy, or courage -- 熱情；活力；勇氣

  • The orchestra performed The Rite of Spring with great spirit. 管弦樂團以激昂的熱情演奏了《春之祭》。

  • The torture failed to break the prisoner's spirit. 嚴刑拷打未能摧垮囚犯的意志。

• 3 a strong alcoholic drink -- 烈酒

  • Vodka is a type of spirit. 伏特加是一種烈酒。

  • Spirits are more expensive than beer, but they get you drunk faster. 烈酒比啤酒要貴，但能很快把人灌醉。

  • Thin the paint with white spirit. 用石油溶劑油稀釋油漆。

• 4 to move someone or something out of or away from a place secretly -- 偷偷帶走；神不知鬼不覺地弄走

  • Somehow the prisoners managed to spirit news out to the world outside. 囚犯們不知用甚麽辦法把消息送出了監獄。