n.

1. 精神，心靈[U]
   Fulfilment must be sought through the spirit, not the body or the mind.

   人要尋求滿足必須透過心靈，而不是透過身體或是腦子。

2. 靈魂，精靈；幽靈；妖精[C]
   They believe that his spirit lives on after death.

   他們相信他死後靈魂還活著。

3. 【宗】聖靈[the S]
4. （時代等的）潮流，精神，風氣[U]
   He embodied the American spirit of optimistic materialism.

   他具體表現了美國人樂觀的物質主義精神。

5. （法律等的）精神，本意[the S]
   The spirit of a law is more important than its words.

   法律的精神比它的具體條文更重要。

6. 情緒，心情；興致[P]
   Smith finished his tea in very low spirits.

   史密斯沒精打采地喝完了茶。

7. 氣魄，氣概；志氣；勇氣[U]
   He is a man of spirit.

   他是一個有勇氣的人。

8. 心意；念頭[S]
   He said it in a spirit of enmity.

   他是懷著敵意說這話的。

9. 帶有……特質的人[C]
   He was one of the leading spirits of the revolution.

   他是這場革命的領袖之一。

   He is a proud spirit.

   他是個驕傲的人。

10. 烈酒[P]
    He drinks beer and wine but no spirits.

    他喝啤酒和葡萄酒但不喝烈酒。

11. 醇，酒精[U]

vt.

1. 使精神振作；鼓勵，鼓舞[（+up）]
2. 迅速而神祕地帶走；拐走；偷走[O][（+away/off）]
   The child had been spirited away during the night.

   那孩子在夜裡被偷偷地帶走了。

n.

1. the non-physical part of a person which is the seat of emotions and character.
   ▸this regarded as surviving after the death of the body, often manifested as a ghost.
   ▸a supernatural being.
2. the prevailing or typical quality or mood:
   the nation's egalitarian spirit.
   ▸a person identified with their role or most prominent quality:

   he was a leading spirit in the conference.
   ▸ (spirits) a person's mood.
3. courage, energy, and determination.
4. the real meaning or intention of something as opposed to its strict verbal interpretation.
5. chiefly Brit. strong distilled alcoholic drink such as rum.
   ▸ [with modifier] a volatile liquid, especially a fuel, prepared by distillation:

   aviation spirit.
   ▸archaic a solution of volatile components extracted from something:

   spirits of turpentine.
6. archaic a highly refined substance or fluid thought to govern vital phenomena.

v.

1. (usu. spirit something away) convey rapidly and secretly.
2. (spirit someone up) archaic animate or cheer up someone.