| 释义 |
‖ Geist, geist|gaɪst|
[G., = spirit: see ghost n.]
Spirit; spirituality; intellectuality; intelligence.
1871M. Arnold Friendship's Garland i. 8 In Berlin we oppose ‘Geist’—intelligence, as you or the French might say—to ‘Ungeist’. Ibid. 9 France has ‘Geist’ in her democracy, and Prussia in her education. 188319th Cent. Aug. 274 So that the heaven to which we must look forward will be a heaven of pure Geist. 1958Times Lit. Suppl. 10 Jan. 19/1 Papers acquire a certain temperament with time. They have their own Geist, their own quirks of personality. 1964Economist 12 Dec. 1256/1 The main geist which rules the Treasury is that of amenability. |