spiritspir•it /'spɪrɪt/

n

1. C，用作单 精神；心灵

• She is troubled in spirit. 她精神苦恼。

2. C 灵魂

• the spirit of the dead 亡灵

3. C 幽灵；魔鬼

• drive away evil spirits 驱除恶魔

4. [～s] 心境，情绪

• He is in high spirits. 他的心境极佳。

• Tom lost his spirits because he was fired. 汤姆因为被炒了鱿鱼而垂头丧气。

5. C，常用复 烈酒

• a glass of spirits 一杯烈酒

6. 用作单 心，态度

• He approached his mistakes in the right spirit. 他以正确的态度对待自己的错误。

• The teacher has a kindly spirit. 这位老师的态度很和蔼。

7. U 勇气；志气；气魄

• We worked with spirit. 我们工作得很带劲。

• His failure broke his spirit. 失败挫伤了他的锐气。

• Although they lost, they still palyed with great spirit. 虽然他们失败了，但还是表现出顽强的精神。

词组out of spirit 情绪不好

• Do you know why he looks out of spirit? 你知道他为什么看起来这么没精打采？

• That's the spirit! 那样才对，那才是好样的

• Keep it up! That's the spirit! 坚持到底!那才是好样的!