inwardness

• n. 本质；灵性；亲密

1. the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience;

"the gist of the prosecutor's argument"

"the heart and soul of the Republican Party"

"the nub of the story"

2. preoccupation especially with one's attitudes and ethical or ideological values;

"the sensitiveness of James's characters, their seeming inwardness"

"Socrates' inwardness, integrity, and inquisitiveness"

3. the quality or state of being inward or internal;

"the inwardness of the body's organs"

4. preoccupation with what concerns human inner nature (especially ethical or ideological values);

"Socrates' inwardness, integrity, and inquisitiveness"- H.R.Finch

Here, we may think, is the typical Boston inwardness.

我们可能认为这是波士顿人的本性.

辞典例句

Inwardness is what an Englishman quite simply has, painlessly, as a birthright.

内省是英国人与生俱来,不用费力培养就拥有的特质.

互联网

来自inward,向内的。比喻用法。

1. Here, we may think, is the typical Boston inwardness.

我们可能认为这是波士顿人的本性.

来自辞典例句

2. Inwardness is what an Englishman quite simply has, painlessly, as a birthright.

内省是英国人与生俱来,不用费力培养就拥有的特质.

来自互联网

inwardness (n.)

late 14c., from inward + -ness.