单词 | soul |
释义 | soul /sdol; sol/ n [C] 1 non-mate rial part of a person, believed to exist for ever: 灵魂 (人之非物质部分,被相信永远存在者): believe in the immortality of the ~; 相信灵魂不朽; commend one's ~ to God, (when at the point of death). (弥留时) 把灵魂付托给上帝。 He eats hardly enough to keep body and ~ together, to keep him alive. 他吃的份最简直不够维持其生命. 、 She has a ~ above material pleasures. 她有亍一个超越物质享受的灵魂。 2 (often without indef art) emotional, moral and intellectual energy: (常不加不定冠词) 感情、精神及智力; 心力; 精神; 魄力: This music has no soul. 这音乐欤乏方量。 He is a man without a soul, is unfeeling, selfish. 他是个寡情自私的人。 He put his heart and ~ into the work. 他把精神心力全部贯注在工作上。 3 the life and ~ of the party, etc. (person, looked upon as the) liveliest person present at the party, etc. (某团体等中的) 核心人物; 主脑。 4 person regarded as the pattern or personification of some virtue or quality: 典型; 化身: He is the ~ of honour/discretion. 他是荣讐 (谨慎) 的典型。 5 spirit of a dead person: 幽灵; 死者的破魂: tAll ~ s' Day, 2 Nov. 万灵节(一月二旧) 。 6 person: 人: There wasn't a ~ to be seen, No one was in sight. 亜一个人也看不见。 The ship sank with 200 ~s. 那船载者二百人沉没了。 7 (expressing familiarity, pity, etc according to context) : (依上下文,表示熟悉、亲密、怜悯等): He's a cheery ~, a cheerful man. 他是一个活泼愉快的人。 Be a good ~ and lend me a dollar. 做做好事借给我一块钱吧。 She's lost all her money, poor ~. 她损失了全部的钱,可怜的人。 8 (US colloq) all those qualities that enable a person to be in harmony with himself and others, used esp by Afro-Americans and expressed through their music and dancing. (美俗) 谐和力 (使自己保持谐和以及与他人保持谐和的一切特质,尤指美国黑人所使用,并表现在他们的音乐及舞蹈中者) 。 ~ brother/ sister, fellow Afro-American; person who thinks and feels in the same way as oneself. 美国黑人; 与自己想法和感觉相同的人。' ~ music, modern Afro-American popular blues music with strong rhythm for dancing. 美国黑人音乐 (指其近代流行的布鲁斯舞曲) 。 9 (compounds) (复合字) '~destroying adj killing the ~ or spirit: AUE魂的: ~- destroying work. 损人神志的作品。 '~-stirring adj exciting, etc. 振奋的; 鼓舞的; 提神的。 ~ful /-fl; -fl/ adj having, affecting, showing, deep feeling: 热情的; 深情的: ~ful eyes/music/glances. 热情的眼睛 (音乐,瞥视) 。 ~fully /-fall; -fli/ adv ~dess adj without higher or deeper feelings. 无灵魂的; 无稀的; 肤浅的。 ~lessdy adv |
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