单词 | spirits |
释义 | spirits [plural] the way you are feeling at a particular time, especially whether you are feeling good and positive or bad and negative情绪;心境◆she isn't in the best of spirits today.她今天心绪不佳。◆she was tired and her spirits were low.她累了,情绪不高。note 辨析 morale and spirits morale and spirits are usually described as either high or low and verbs used to describe sb's morale or spirits often involve movement up or down.通常用 high 或 low 描述 morale 和 spirits ;与 morale 或 spirits 搭配的动词常涉及上升或下降◆to lift / raise sb's morale / spirits提高某人的士气;振奋某人的精神◆sb's spirits lift / rise / soar某人的心情高兴起来;某人情绪高昂◆the competition will boost children's morale and self-esteem.竞争会增强儿童的士气和自尊。◆we sang songs to keep our spirits up.我们唱歌以保持高昂的情绪。◆my spirits sank at the thought of starting all over again.想到一切都得从头再来,我的情绪一下子低落了。☞ spiritspirits• ⇨ high spirits• ⇨ raise/lift sb's spirits spir·its /`spɪrɪts; ˈspɪrɪts/n [plural 复数]the way someone feels at a particular time 心情,情绪:◇be in high spirits (=be happy and excited) 兴高采烈: the children were in high spirits. 孩子们兴高采烈。◇sb's spirits rise (=they become happier) 某人高兴起来 |
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