spiritual

英 ['spɪrɪtʃuəl] 美 ['spɪrɪtʃuəl]

• adj. 精神的；心灵的；与上帝有关的
• n. (尤指美国南部黑人的)圣歌

双解释义

adj. (形容词)

1. 精神上的; 心灵的

   of the human spirit or soul; not of physical things

2. 教会的,宗教的

   of the Church or of religion

英英释义

Noun:

1. a kind of religious song originated by Blacks in the southern United States

Adjective:

1. concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church;

   "religious texts"
   "a member of a religious order"
   "lords temporal and spiritual"
   "spiritual leaders"
   "spiritual songs"
   

2. concerned with or affecting the spirit or soul;

   "a spiritual approach to life"
   "spiritual fulfillment"
   "spiritual values"
   "unearthly love"
   

3. lacking material body or form or substance;

   "spiritual beings"
   "the vital transcendental soul belonging to the spiritual realm"
   

4. resembling or characteristic of a phantom;

   "a ghostly face at the window"
   "a phantasmal presence in the room"
   "spectral emanations"
   "spiritual tappings at a seance"
   

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. Many young people could not resist the spiritual pollution.
   很多年轻人不能抵制精神污染。
2. I care more about the spiritual life than the substantial life.
   和物质生活相比，我更注重精神生活。
3. The monks were arraigned for not teaching things spiritual.
   修道士们因不讲授有关心灵的道理而受到指责。

常见句型

用作形容词 (adj.)

用作定语

～+ n.

1. Reading books is man's spiritual needs.
   读书是人类精神上的需要。
2. His spiritual nature is good.
   他心灵上本质是善良的。

用作表语

S+be+～

1. Their friendship was strictly spiritual.
   他们的友情完全是精神上的。

经典引文

• He has no soul, because he feels no need of spiritual things.

  出自： G. Santayana

• The field in which spiritual direction is best known..is..prayer.

  出自： V. A. Demant

• The spiritual rewards made up for the lack of material rewards.

  出自：Woman

词汇搭配

用作形容词 (adj.)

～+名词

• spiritual beauty 内在美
• spiritual problem 心灵问题
• spiritual requirements 精神上的需要
• spiritual songs 圣歌

词义辨析

adj. (形容词)

spiritual, mental

• 这两个词都有“心灵上的”的意思。其区别是：
• 1.mental侧重“心理上的”; spiritual侧重“心灵上的”。例如:
• His agony was mental, not physical.
• 他的痛苦是心理上的,不是身体上的。
• Her spiritual beauty outshone her physical beauty.
• 她的心灵美胜于她的外表美。
• 2.spiritual还有“宗教的”“教会的”意思,而mental没有此义。例如:
• I am not concerned with man's spiritual problems.我不关注人们宗教方面的问题。

mental，spiritual

• 这两个形容词均有“精神的”之意。
• mental侧重指某人对周围环境所具有的内心，情绪上及智力方面的反映。
• spiritual侧重人内心深处的思维对客观事物的反映，而不是人的身体对事物的反应而构成人的精神因素。

近反义词

【近义词】

• mental
• moral

【反义词】

• material
• physical