n.

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

   人要寻求满足必须通过心灵，而不是通过身体或是脑子。

2. 灵魂，精灵；幽灵；妖精[C]
   They believe that his spirit lives on after death.

   他们相信他死后灵魂还活着。

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

   他体现了美国人乐观的实利主义精神。

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体条文更重要。

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

   史密斯没精打采地喝完了茶。

7. 气魄，气概；志气；勇气[U]
   He is a man of spirit.

   他是一个有勇气的人。

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

   他是怀着敌意说这话的。

9. 带有……特质的人[C]
   He was one of the leading spirits of the revolution.

   他是这场革命的领袖之一。

   He is a proud spirit.

   他是个骄傲的人。

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

    他喝啤酒和葡萄酒但不喝烈性酒。

11. 醇，酒精[U]

vt.

1. 使精神振作；鼓励，鼓舞[（+up）]
2. 迅速而神秘地带走；拐走；偷走[O][（+away/off）]
   The child had been spirited away during the night.

   那孩子在夜里被偷偷地带走了。

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.