spiritual

英 ['spɪrɪtʃʊəl; -tjʊəl] 美['spɪrɪtʃʊəl]

n. 圣歌（尤指美国南部黑人的）
adj. 精神的，心灵的

近义词 sacred religious holy

反义词 corporeal temporal material physical

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英英释义

1. a kind of religious song originated by Blacks in the southern United States

同义词辨析

mental, spiritual

这两个形容词均有"精神的"之意。

mental：侧重指某人对周围环境所具有的内心，情绪上及智力方面的反映。

spiritual：侧重人内心深处的思维对客观事物的反映，而不是人的身体对事物的反应而构成人的精神因素。

词组搭配

one's spiritual home

a place in which one feels a profound sense of belonging

第二故乡，对之有强烈归属感的地方

I had always thought of Italy as my spiritual home.
我一直把意大利当作我的第二故乡。

考试真题

The doer of a good deed can feel spiritually rewarded even when they gain no concrete benefits.

That damaging other people in your community and in your life, trashing relationships, results in a kind of self-inflicted ( ' , 自己招致的 ) spiritual wound.

So, Soupios explains, it is not worth it to waste our physical, intellectual and spiritual energy worrying about things that are beyond our control.

I do not think that we spend nearly enough time trying to concentrate on achieving a sort of calmness, a sort of contentment in a mental and spiritual way, which was identified by these people as the highest form of happiness and pleasure.

Even if there is no concrete benefit paid in response to your good deed, at the very least, the doer of the good deed has the opportunity to enjoy a kind of spiritually enlightened moment.

Both are critical to producing citizens who can participate effectively in our democratic society, become innovative（创新的)leaders, and benefit from the spiritual enrichment that the reflection on the great ideas of mankind over time provides.

The liberal arts in higher education help enrich students' spiritual life

Asked what they would like to change in the world, the students mentioned only personal concerns such as slowing down the pace of life, gaining good friends, becoming more spiritual, becoming either more materially successful or less materially oriented ( ' , depending on the student's values), and being more respectful of the Earth, animals and other people.

Asked what they would like to change in the world, the students mentioned only personal concerns such as slowing down the pace of life, gaining good friends, becoming more spiritual, becoming either more materially successful or less materially oriented d

Admittedly, those mighty forces are spiritual ones.

It was a change that took place without being noticed though it was of the extreme importance, a spiritual change which affected the whole state.

Mountains are regarded as spiritual places by many cultures.

The walk provided her with spiritual comfort.

For him, order does not result from forgetting or ignoring the disorders that plague our existence; order is a necessary development, an improvement that may lead to the Greek ideal of spiritual elevation.

实用场景例句

a spiritual experience: 心灵体验

spiritual development: 精神上的发展

a lack of spiritual values in the modern world: 现代世界精神价值的缺失

We're concerned about your spiritual welfare .: 我们担心你的心理健康。

a spiritual leader: 宗教领袖

a spiritually uplifting book: 陶冶性灵的书

She lived entirely by spiritual values, in a world of poetry and imagination.: 她追求精神上的满足，完全生活在一个诗歌和想象的世界里。

The spiritual leader of Ireland's 3.7 million Catholics...: 爱尔兰 370 万天主教徒的宗教领袖

A man in priestly clothes offered spiritual guidance.: 一位身着牧师袍服的男子进行了宗教布道。

Platonism put an emphasis on spirit and valued truth 、 kindness andbeauty and reached the ideal spiritual state.: 新柏拉图主义哲学思想强调精神至高无上,提倡追求以真、善、美为绝对顶点的精神价值.

Being based on critically inherit the forefathers idea , marx established his own spiritual production theory.: 马克思在批判地继承前人思想成果的基础上创立了自己的精神生产理论.

Virtue is the muscle tone that develops from daily and hourly training of a spiritual warrior.: 美德是通过不断的精神锻炼而形成的坚实的肌肉.

Promote Chinese culture and build the common spiritual home for the Chinese nation.: 弘扬中华文化,建设中华民族共有精神家园.

Is there a place in the world of matter for a spiritual being?: 物质世界是否为精神的存在留有一席之地?

You may ask why your local Spiritual Hierarchy is suddenly integrating your physical and spiritual bodies.: 你也许问你的本地灵魂层级为什么突然与你的肉体和灵魂身体成一整体.

To further strengthen environmental protection, family planning, spiritual civilization, democracy and system building.: 要进一步加强环境保护、计划生育、精神文明建设、民主法制建设工作.

The monks were arraigned for not teaching things spiritual.: 修道士们因不讲授有关心灵的道理而受到指责.

Are spiritual or worldly values more important?: 精神上的价值重要,还是物质的价值重要呢 ?

Her spiritual beauty outshone her physical beauty.: 她的心灵美胜于外表美.

Crass materialism causes people to forget spiritual values.: 极端唯物主义使人忘掉精神价值.

His spiritual depression came to an end when she kissed him.: 她的亲吻扫除了他精神上的苦闷.

His spiritual nature is good.: 他心灵本质上是善良的.

The Pope is the spiritual leader of many Christians.: 教皇是众多基督徒的宗教领袖.

Their friendship was strictly spiritual.: 他们的友情完全是精神上的.

a spiritual that segued into a singalong chorus: 一首转为会众集体跟唱的灵歌

a lack of spiritual values in the modern world: 现代世界精神价值的缺失

Although spiritual leader of millions of people, the Pope has no temporal power.: 教皇虽然是亿万人的精神领袖，但没有丝毫的世俗权力。

中文词源

spiritual 精神的，灵魂的，心灵的

spirit,精神，灵魂，-al,形容词后缀。

双语例句

1. Chen was an initiate of a Chinese spiritual discipline.: 陈是某个中国神学领域的新入门者。

2. The spiritual leader charged that the book blasphemed against Islam.: 宗教领袖指责该书亵渎了伊斯兰教。

3. Waite spent his life on a spiritual quest.: 韦特毕生都在进行精神探索。

4. A man in priestly clothes offered spiritual guidance.: 一位身着牧师袍服的男子进行了宗教布道。

5. a spiritual that segued into a singalong chorus: 一首转为会众集体跟唱的灵歌

英文词源

spiritual (adj.): c. 1300, "of or concerning the spirit" (especially in religious aspects), from Old French spirituel, esperituel (12c.) or directly from a Medieval Latin ecclesiastical use of Latin spiritualis "of or pertaining to breath, breathing, wind, or air; pertaining to spirit," from spiritus "of breathing, of the spirit" (see spirit (n.)). Meaning "of or concerning the church" is attested from mid-14c. Related: Spiritually. An Old English word for "spiritual" was godcundlic.
In avibus intellige studia spiritualia, in animalibus exercitia corporalia [Richard of St. Victoror (1110-1173): "Watch birds to understand how spiritual things move, animals to understand physical motion." - E.P.]
spiritual (n.): "African-American religious song," 1866, from spiritual (adj.). Earlier "a spiritual thing" (1660s).

词态变化

复数: spirituals;副词: spiritually;