spirit

noun

1. a fundamental emotional and activating principle determining one's character

2. an inclination or tendency of a certain kind

e.g. he had a change of heart

Synonym: heart

3. animation and energy in action or expression

e.g. it was a heavy play and the actors tried in vain to give life to it

Synonym: livelinesslifesprightliness

4. the intended meaning of a communication

Synonym: intentpurport

5. any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings

Synonym: disembodied spirit

6. the vital principle or animating force within living things

7. the state of a person's emotions (especially with regard to pleasure or dejection)

e.g. his emotional state depended on her opinion
he was in good spirits
his spirit rose

Synonym: emotional state

8. the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people

e.g. the feel of the city excited him
a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting
it had the smell of treason

Synonym: tonefeelfeelingflavorflavourlooksmell

verb

1. infuse with spirit

e.g. The company spirited him up

Synonym: spirit upinspirit

1. 精神;心灵
Your spirit is the part of you that is not physical and that consists of your character and feelings.

spirit的翻译

e.g. The human spirit is virtually indestructible...
人的精神实际上是不可摧毁的。
e.g. Marian retains a restless, youthful spirit, in search of new horizons.
玛丽安怀着一颗年轻、不断进取的心去寻求新的天地。

2. 灵魂
A person's spirit is the non-physical part of them that is believed to remain alive after their death.

spirit

e.g. His spirit has left him and all that remains is the shell of his body.
他已灵魂出窍，剩下的只是他的躯壳。

3. 鬼魂;幽灵
A spirit is a ghost or supernatural being.

spirit什么意思

e.g. ...protection against evil spirits.
避邪

4. 勇气;意志
Spirit is the courage and determination that helps people to survive in difficult times and to keep their way of life and their beliefs.

e.g. She was a very brave girl and everyone who knew her admired her spirit.
她是个非常勇敢的女孩，认识她的人都敬佩她的勇气。

5. 生命力;精力;活力
Spirit is the liveliness and energy that someone shows in what they do.

e.g. They played with spirit.
他们打得生龙活虎。

6. (对待事物的)态度
The spirit in which you do something is the attitude you have when you are doing it.

e.g. Their problem can only be solved in a spirit of compromise...
他们的问题只能通过妥协来解决。
e.g. They approached the talks in a conciliatory spirit.
他们抱一种和解的态度去参加谈判。

7. (团体成员对团体的)忠诚度
A particular kind of spirit is the feeling of loyalty to a group that is shared by the people who belong to the group.

e.g. There is a great sense of team spirit among the British Olympic squad...
在英国的奥运代表团中有一种强烈的团队精神。
e.g. The president has appealed to the Brazilian people for patriotism and community spirit.
总统已经呼吁巴西人民要有爱国情怀和集体主义精神。

8. 精神(指某一群体特有的思想、信念、目标)
A particular kind of spirit is the set of ideas, beliefs, and aims that are held by a group of people.

e.g. ...the real spirit of the Labour movement.
劳工运动的精髓

9. (法律、协议等的)原意,实质，精神
The spirit of something such as a law or an agreement is the way that it was intended to be interpreted or applied.

spirit在线翻译

e.g. The requirement for work permits violates the spirit of the 1950 treaty.
对工作许可证的要求违反了 1950 年条约的精神。

10. (具有特定品质的)人
You can refer to a person as a particular kind of spirit if they show a certain characteristic or if they show a lot of enthusiasm in what they are doing.

e.g. I like to think of myself as a free spirit...
我愿意把自己看成是个无拘无束的人。
e.g. He was the founder and guiding spirit of New York's Shakespeare Festival.
他是纽约莎士比亚戏剧节的创始人及领导者。

11. 情绪;心情;兴致
Your spirits are your feelings at a particular time, especially feelings of happiness or unhappiness.

spirit的意思

e.g. At supper, everyone was in high spirits...
晚餐时，每个人都兴致勃勃。
e.g. A bit of exercise will help lift his spirits.
进行一点儿体育锻炼能帮助他改善情绪。

12. 把…迅速而秘密地带走
If someone or something is spirited away, or if they are spirited out of somewhere, they are taken from a place quickly and secretly without anyone noticing.

e.g. He was spirited away and probably murdered...
他被秘密带走，可能被杀害了。
e.g. His parents had spirited him away to the country...
他的父母偷偷地将他带到了该国。

13. (威士忌、杜松子酒等)烈性酒
Spirits are strong alcoholic drinks such as whisky and gin.

14. (用作燃料、清洗等用途的)酒精
Spirit or spirits is an alcoholic liquid that is used as a fuel, for cleaning things, or for other purposes. There are many kinds of spirit.

spirit

15. 热情地参加
If you enter into the spirit of something, you take part in it in an enthusiastic way.

16. 精神上(在某地或和某人在一起，但实际上本人并不在场)
If you say you are somewhere in spirit or with someone in spirit, you mean that although you are not with them, you feel as though you are with them because you are thinking about them a lot.

e.g. In spirit I was with you here.
我在精神上支持你。

17. 本质上
You use in spirit when you are talking about someone's true nature.

e.g. They seemed close in spirit to those first independent-minded Turkish women who took professions...
她们在本质上似乎和那些最早出去工作的具有独立思想的土耳其女性很相似。
e.g. It is independent in spirit.
它本质上是独立的。

18. 时代精神
The spirit of the age or the spirit of the times is the set of ideas, beliefs, and aims that is typical of people in a particular period in history.