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、活动、时代或地方的）主导精神

  • The players have a very strong team spirit (= loyalty to each other). 队员们有很强的团队精神。

  • As rock musicians in the 1960s, they were very much part of the spirit of the age/times. 作为20世纪60年代的摇滚音乐家，他们在很大程度上代表了当时的时代精神。

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

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

  • Her spirits lifted/rose (= she felt happier) as she read the letter. 她看信之后心情好了起来。

  • The negative reply dashed his spirits (= made him unhappy). 否定的回复使得他情绪低落。

  • They followed neither the spirit nor the letter of the law. 他们既不遵从法律的实质精神，也不理睬其字面意义。

  • They went to the tennis club a few times but never really got into the spirit of it. 他们去了几次网球俱乐部，但从未真正投身其中。

  • "Come on, we can win this game." "That's the spirit." “加把劲，我们能赢这场比赛。”“这就对了。”

• 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 -- （独立于肉体的）精神，灵魂；心灵

  • 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). 虽然他现在生活在美国，但我感觉他和我心灵相通。

  • an evil spirit 恶魔

  • The spirits of long-dead warriors seemed to haunt the area. 死去很久的武士的幽灵似乎经常在这个地区出没。

• 2 enthusiasm, energy, or courage -- 热情；活力；勇气

  • The orchestra performed The Rite of Spring with great spirit. 管弦乐团以饱满的激情演奏了《春之祭》。

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

• 3 a strong alcoholic drink -- 烈性酒

  • Vodka is a type of spirit. 伏特加是一种烈性酒。

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

  • Thin the paint with white spirit. 用石油溶剂油稀释油漆。

• 4 to move someone or something out of or away from a place secretly -- 偷偷带走；神不知鬼不觉地弄走

  • Somehow the prisoners managed to spirit news out to the world outside. 囚犯们不知用什么办法把消息送出了监狱。