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adj.精神上的

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名词:spiritualness 副词:spiritually

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spiritual


/'spɪrɪtʃʊəl; `spɪrɪtʃuəl/
adj [usu attrib 通常作 定语]
1 of the human spirit(4) or soul; not of physical things 精神的; 心灵的; 非物质的
*concerned about sb's spiritual welfare 关心某人精神上的幸福. Cf 参看 material2.
2 (a) of the Church or of religion 教会的;宗教的
*The Pope is the spiritual leader of many Christians.教皇是众多基督徒的宗教领袖.
(b) of or from God; divine 上帝的; 神的; 神授的; 天赐的. Cf 参看 temporal1.3 (idm 习语) one's spiritual `home place where one is, or thinks one could be, happiest; country to which one feels more strongly attached than to one's own country 乐土; 心灵上的祖国.

n (also Negro `spiritual) religious folk-song of the type originally sung by black slaves in America (原先由美国黑奴唱的)黑人圣歌.
1. The monks were arraigned for teaching grammer rahter than things spiritual.
    修道士们因为只讲授语法而不讲授有关心灵的道理而受到指责。

2. The spiritual outlook would be different.
    人们的精神面貌就会不同了.

3. You can never understand my spiritual need.
    你永远也不会理解我精神上的需要。

4. So much is certain: that we would have doctors and preachers, lawyers and defendants, marriages and births----but our spiritual outlook would be different.
    至少,这些是可以肯定的:虽然我们还会有医生和牧师、律师和被告、婚姻和生育,但人们的精神面貌将是另一个样子。

5. Philosophers by selling wisdom and priests by selling spiritual comfort.
    哲学家靠卖智慧为生,牧师靠卖精神安慰为生。

6. Crass materialism causes people to forget spiritual values.
    极端唯物主义使人们忘记精神的价值。

7. Conservative spiritual leaders have claimed that cloning a human constitutes a gross attack on human dignity.
    保守派的宗教领袖宣称,克隆人类是对人类尊严的一次重大挑战。

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