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  • Conjugation : past  spirited ; pp  spirited ; ing  spiriting
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

spirit ['spɪrɪt]
  1. 1. noun [c] (soul) 精神
  2. 2. noun [c] (ghost) 幽灵
  3. 3. noun [u] (energy，courage) 勇气
  4. 4. noun [s] [of law, agreement] 精神实质
  5. 5. noun [s] (frame of mind) 心态
  6. 6. vt. to be spirited away 被迅速而神秘地带走
  7. 7. n pl [BRIT] (whisky etc) 烈酒[美 = liquor]
  8. 8. n pl (frame of mind) 情绪
    community spirit
    社区精神
    in good spirits
    心境好的

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

spirit [ 'spɪrɪt] [ 'spɪrɪt]
  1. 1. noun （与肉体相对而言的）精神；心灵；智力
  2. 2. noun （与物质相对而言的）精神（如意愿、思想等）
  3. 3. noun 灵魂
    When I come to this old house, I can feel my grandfather's spirit.
    来到这所老房子时，我能感觉到爷爷的灵魂依然还在。
  4. 4. noun 元气；（人的）气质；脾气；性格
  5. 5. noun 妖精；幽灵；鬼怪
  6. 6. noun （具有某种精神或品质的）人物
    the brave spirits who pioneered
    开拓的勇士们；开路先锋
  7. 7. noun [常为复数形态]情绪；兴致；心情
    in high spirits
    兴致勃勃，兴高采烈
  8. 8. noun 活动；气魄；勇气；气概；热情
    to answer with spirit
    大胆地回答
    Their fighting spirit has helped them win games.
    他们的奋战精神帮他们赢得了这场比赛。
  9. 9. noun 热心；忠诚
    school spirit
    忠于母校的心
  10. 10. noun （文件法律的）精神实质
    to follow the spirit if not the letter of the law
    领会法规的精神而不是字句
  11. 11. noun （时代）精神；潮流；风尚
    In the sixties, rock and roll was the spirit of the time.
    在60年代，摇滚是那个时代的灵魂。
  12. 12. noun 神灵
  13. 13. noun [常为复数形态]酒精；烈酒
    In China, Baijiu is a very famous kind of spirit.
    在中国，白酒是很有名的一种酒。
  14. 14. noun [antiquated] （身体内的）精髓
  15. 15. noun [alchemy] [antiquated] 硫精（或水银等）
  16. 16. noun [chemistry] [常为复数形态]通过蒸馏而获得的液体
    spirits of turpentine
    松节油
  17. 17. noun [chemistry] [常为复数形态]酒精，乙醇；醇
  18. 18. noun [dyes] 媒染剂
  19. 19. noun [pharmacy] 醑剂
    spirits of camphor
    樟脑醑(或酒)
  20. 20. vt. 激励；鼓舞；使精神振作（常与up连用）
  21. 21. vt. 拐带，绑架；使…神秘失踪；迅速而神秘地把…带走（away，off 等）
    Somehow he managed to spirit news out to the world outside although he's in jail.
    虽然身陷牢狱，但不知用什么方法他总是能把消息透漏到外面去。
  22. 22. vt. 如用魔法般地使出现
  23. 23. adjective [American English] 精神（上）的；招魂术的；幽灵的
  24. 24. adjective [American English] 梦魇的
  25. 25. adjective 燃烧酒精的
    a spirit lamp
    酒精灯

Collins English-English Dictionary

spirit ['spɪrɪt]
  1. 1. n the force or principle of life that animates the body of living things
  2. 2. n temperament or disposition
    truculent in spirit
  3. 3. n liveliness; mettle
    they set to it with spirit
  4. 4. n the fundamental, emotional, and activating principle of a person; will
    the experience broke his spirit
  5. 5. n a sense of loyalty or dedication
    team spirit
  6. 6. n the prevailing element; feeling
    a spirit of joy pervaded the atmosphere
  7. 7. n state of mind or mood; attitude
    he did it in the wrong spirit
  8. 8. n [plural] an emotional state, esp with regard to exaltation or dejection
    in high spirits
  9. 9. n a person characterized by some activity, quality, or disposition
    a leading spirit of the movement
  10. 10. n the deeper more significant meaning as opposed to a pedantic interpretation
    the spirit of the law
  11. 11. n that which constitutes a person's intangible being as contrasted with his physical presence
    I shall be with you in spirit
  12. 12. n
  13. 13. n an incorporeal being, esp the soul of a dead person
  14. 14. n (as modifier)
    spirit world
  15. 15. vt. [tr] [usually foll by away or off] to carry off mysteriously or secretly
  16. 16. vt. [often foll by up] to impart animation or determination to
  17. 17. vt. [Etymology] C13: from Old French esperit, from Latin spiritus breath, spirit; related to spirare to breathe
spirit ['spɪrɪt]
  1. 1. n [often plural] any distilled alcoholic liquor such as brandy, rum, whisky, or gin
  2. 2. n
  3. 3. n [chem] an aqueous solution of ethanol, esp one obtained by distillation
  4. 4. n the active principle or essence of a substance, extracted as a liquid, esp by distillation
  5. 5. n
  6. 6. n [pharmacol] a solution of a volatile substance, esp a volatile oil, in alcohol
  7. 7. n (as modifier)
    a spirit burner
  8. 8. n [alchemy] any of the four substances sulphur, mercury, sal ammoniac, or arsenic
  9. 9. n [Etymology] C14: special use of spirit1, name applied to alchemical substances (as in sense 4), hence extended to distilled liquids
See more results for spirit in the Chinese-English Dictionary

Examples

barren of creative spirit
缺乏创造精神 → barren
a broken spirit
意志消沉，心灰意懒 → broken
the holiday spirit
节日气氛 → holiday
to incarnate the frontier spirit
体现开拓边疆的精神 → incarnate
to answer with spirit
大胆地回答 → spirit
school spirit
忠于母校的心 → spirit
to follow the spirit if not the letter of the law
领会法规的精神而不是字句 → spirit
a spirit lamp
酒精灯 → spirit
to enter into the spirit of an occasion
(使自己)同某一个场合的气氛相融洽
For a good cocktail, just follow the spirit measures I wrote on that paper.
要调出好的鸡尾酒，就按我在纸上写的剂量加入酒精。 → measure
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