spiritual

英 [ˈspɪrɪtʃuəl]

美 [ˈspɪrɪtʃuəl]

adj.  精神的; 心灵的; 宗教的
n.  灵歌(宗教歌曲，最初为美国黑人奴隶所唱)

复数：spirituals　

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Oxford 3000 / Collins.3 / BNC.3233 / COCA.2096

习惯用语

adj.

your spiritual home
• 在精神上认同的某个地方；精神家园
  the place where you are happiest, especially a country where you feel you belong more than in your own country because you share the ideas and attitudes of the people who live there

牛津词典

adj.

• 精神的；心灵的
  connected with the human spirit, rather than the body or physical things
  1. a spiritual experience
     心灵体验
  2. spiritual development
     精神上的发展
  3. a lack of spiritual values in the modern world
     现代世界精神价值的缺失
  4. We're concerned about your spiritual welfare .
     我们担心你的心理健康。
• 宗教的
  connected with religion
  1. a spiritual leader
     宗教领袖

noun

• 灵歌（宗教歌曲，最初为美国黑人奴隶所唱）
  a religious song of the type originally sung by black slaves in America

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 精神(上)的;心灵(上)的
  Spiritualmeans relating to people's thoughts and beliefs, rather than to their bodies and physical surroundings.
  1. She lived entirely by spiritual values, in a world of poetry and imagination.
     她追求精神上的满足，完全生活在一个诗歌和想象的世界里。
• ADJ 宗教(上)的；宗教信仰(上)的
  Spiritualmeans relating to people's religious beliefs.
  1. The spiritual leader of Ireland's 3.7 million Catholics...
     爱尔兰 370 万天主教徒的宗教领袖
  2. A man in priestly clothes offered spiritual guidance.
     一位身着牧师袍服的男子进行了宗教布道。
• 灵歌(原为美国黑奴所唱的一种宗教歌曲)
  Aspiritualis a religious song of the type originally sung by black slaves in America.
• 精神家园;精神故乡
  Yourspiritual homeis the place where you feel that you belong, usually because your ideas or attitudes are the same as those of the people who live there.

双语例句

• We need a spiritual faith, or a philosophy of life.
  我们需要一个精神支柱，或者一个人生哲学。
• You can start now to tune in to your own physical, social and spiritual needs.
  你现在可以开始关注自己的生理、社交与精神需求。
• Food creates the body and has a great influence on our mind and spiritual life.
  食物造就了我们的身体，并对我们的思想和精神生活有着巨大的影响。
• Landscape and human life as inherently movement and spiritual strength.
  山水和人一样具有内在的生命运动和精神力量。
• Love is spiritual, lust is carnal.
  爱是精神的，情欲是肉体的。
• Gore described the issue as a moral and spiritual challenge to all of humanity.
  戈尔认为这个危机是对全人类在道德上和精神上的一个挑战。
• The account of spiritual struggle that follows has a humbling and numinous power.
  之后关于精神挣扎的叙述有一种令人心生卑微之感的神秘力量。
• He is expected to be enthroned early next year as the spiritual leader of the Church of England.
  预计他将于明年年初登位，成为英国国教的精神领袖。
• She lived entirely by spiritual values, in a world of poetry and imagination.
  她追求精神上的满足，完全生活在一个诗歌和想象的世界里。
• Traditional ways of life provided economic security and spiritual fulfilment.
  传统生活方式提供了经济保障，满足了精神需求。