spirit

n.
1. mind 心，心灵。
△Mer.3.2.164 (163): “Happiest ofall,is that her gentle spirit / Commits itself to yoursto be directed，”最幸运的是，她把她的温柔的心灵交给你，接受你的指导。
△Mer.5.1.86:“The motions of his spiritare dull as night.” 他的心灵活动必如黑夜一般昏沉。
△H.VIII.3.2.375 (374):“Can thy spirit wonder / Agreat man should decline?”大人物也会垮台，你心里觉得奇怪吗？
2. soul灵魂。
△1H.IV.5.4.40:“The spirits / Of val-iant Shirley,Stafford,Blunt are in my arms.”英勇的谢利、斯塔福德、布仑特的魂灵全都附在我的双臂之上。
△1H.IV.5.4.89: “When that this body did contain a spirit,/A kingdom for it was too small a bound，”当这个身体还包藏着一个灵魂的时候，给它一个王国，它还嫌范围太狭小。
3. spectre,ghost幽灵，鬼魂。
△1H.IV.3.1.53 (52):“Ican call spirits from the vasty deep.”我能从广阔无垠的下界召唤鬼魂。
△Lr.4.7.49(48):“You are a spirit,Iknow; when did you die?”你是一个鬼，我知道；你在什么时候死的？
4.fiend,devil魔鬼，恶魔。
△1H.IV.2.4.407 (366):“Thou being heir-apparent,could the world pick theeout three such enemies again as that fiend Douglas,that spirit Percy,and that devil Glendower?”你是当今太子，在这世界上去哪里给你再找出像魔头道格拉斯、恶鬼波西和魔鬼格兰道尔这样三个敌人？
5. human being,person 人。
△Mer.2.7.46:“the foreign spirits，”外邦的远客。
△L.L.L. 5. 2. 866 (858):“agibing spirit”，一个爱嘲弄的人。
△Oth.2.3.58 (55):“Three else of Cyprus,noble swelling spirits，”还有其他三个塞浦路斯人，都是心性高傲的人。
△H.VIII.1.1.34:“by their heralds challenged /The noble spirits to arms，”通过他们的传令官向贵族骑士们挑战比武。
△H.VIII.3.1.161 (162): “The hearts of princes kiss obedience,/ So much they love it; but to stubborn spirits/They swell and grow as terrible as storms.”君主们的心都亲吻别人的服从，他们非常喜爱这个；但是对于倔强不听话的人他们就怒火直冒，像暴风雨一样可怕。
spirits of vile sort: persons of low breed 下贱的人们。
△2H.IV.5.2.17: “How many nobles then should hold their places,/ That must strike sail to spirits of vile sort!”那么许多贵族还可以保持住他们的地位，否则他们就只有向下贱的人屈服低头！
6. vital power,vital energy,life 生命力，精力，生命。
△Ham. 5.2.367 (353):“The potent poison quite o’er-crows my spirit.”猛烈的毒药压倒了我的精力。
7. endowment,gift,faculty,power天资，天赋，才能，能力。
△1H.IV.1.2.169(152):“Well,God give thee the spirit of persuasion and him the ears of profiting，”好，愿上帝给你一套循循善诱的本领，给他一双从善如流的耳朵。
△2H.IV.1.1.198: “but for their spirits and souls,/This word,rebellion,it had froze ( = frozen)them up,/ As fish are in a pond.”但是说到他们的能力(又译：精神)和灵魂，“叛逆”这一个名词把它们都冻结了，就像鱼被冻结在池子里。
△1H.vi. 1.2.55:“The spirit of deepprophecy she hath，” 她具有作出深奥预言的能力。
△1H.VI. 2.4.16:“I have perhaps some shallow spirit of judgement；”我也许有 一点浅薄的判断能力。
8. vigour of intellect 智力。
△R.III.3.7.158 (159):“Yet so much is my poverty of spirit，”但是我的智力如此贫乏。
9. temperament,temper,character,disposition 气质，脾气，性格，性情。
△L.L.L.5.2.875 (867): “throw away that spirit，”丢掉那种习气。
△Ham.2.2.639 (602):“Ashe is very potent with such spirits，”对于这样气质的人，他最容易发挥他的力量。
△Oth.1.1.102:“But thou mustneeds be sure / My spirit and my place have in them power / To make this bitter to thee.”可是你必须明白，我的脾气，我的地位，都有权力使你因此吃苦的。
△2H.IV.5.1.71 (64): “It is a wonderful thing to see the semblable coherence of his men’s spirits and his.”看他的仆人们和他的脾气竟是那样相似，真是奇妙之极。
△H.V.1.2.254:“meeter for your spirit，”更适合您的脾气。
△2H.VI.1.4.8 (6):“I have heard her reported to be a woman of an invincible spirit.”我听人说起过她是一个性情不屈不挠的女人。
10. mettle,manliness,courage 气魄，男子汉气概，勇气。
△1H.IV.5.4.17: “By God,thou hast deceived me. Lancaster,/I did not think thee lord of such a spirit.”上帝在上，兰开斯特，你算把我瞒过去了，我过去想不到你竟是这样一位有勇气的贵族。
△ 2H.IV.1.1.112: “whosespirit lent a fire / Even to the dullest peasant in hiscamp.”他的魄力曾经像火一样点燃起营里最愚钝的村夫的勇气。
△H.V.3.1.16:“Hold hard the breath,and bend up every spirit / To his full height.”(every spirit: every kind of manliness) 屏住呼吸，把男子汉气概鼓得足足的。
△H. V. 3.1.33: “Follow your spirit；”(Their heartsare already inside the walls of the besieged city. Hen-ry orders their bodies to follow their hearts.)勇往直前，冲吧。
△2H.V. 3.2.307: “Fie,coward woman andsoft-hearted wretch!/ Hast thou not spirit to cursethine enemy?”呸，懦弱的女人，软心肠的可怜虫！ 难道你连咒骂你的敌人的勇气都没有吗？
△3H.VI.1.2.42:“In them Itrust,for they are soldiers /Witty,courteous,liberal,full of spirit.”我信任他们，因为他们才是军人，聪明、有礼、大度、满怀勇气。
11.vivacity,animation,enthusiasm 轻松愉快，活泼，热情。
△R.III.3.4.49: “There’s some conceit or otherlikes him well,/ When that he bids good morrow withsuch spirit.”他来的时候那样轻松愉快地向大家道早安，心里一定想着什么使他高兴的念头。
12. spirit of prophecy,presentiment 预言的心灵，预感。
△2H.IV.1.1.91: “You are too great to be by megainsaid,/Your spirit is too true,your fears too cer-tain.”你太尊贵了，我怎敢反驳？ 你的预感太真实了，你的恐惧也太确切了。
13. ❶ soul 灵魂。
❷ angel 天使。
△ 2H.IV.2.2.155(142): “Well,thus we play the fools with the time,and the spirits of the wise sit in the clouds and mockus.”好了，我们这样是在浪费时间，智者的灵魂(又解：智慧的天使)坐在云端嘲笑我们。

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