zeitgeist

英 [ˈzaɪtɡaɪst]

美 [ˈzaɪtɡaɪst]

n.  时代精神; 时代思潮

BNC.41038 / COCA.22039

牛津词典

noun

• 时代精神；时代思潮
  the general mood or quality of a particular period of history, as shown by the ideas, beliefs, etc. common at the time

柯林斯词典

• N-SING （尤指文学、哲学和政治中表现出的）时代精神，时代思潮
  Thezeitgeistof a particular place during a particular period in history is the attitudes and ideas that are generally common there at that time, especially the attitudes and ideas shown in literature, philosophy, and politics.
  1. He has caught the zeitgeist of rural life in the 1980s very well indeed.
     事实上，他非常准确地描绘出了20世纪80年代乡村生活的真实风貌。

英英释义

noun

• the spirit of the time

双语例句

• One fitness product tagline captures the zeitgeist: Your health account is your wealth account!
  一种健身产品的宣传词把握了这种时代精神：健康就是财富！
• Most of all, they are part of a Zeitgeist in which the law is increasingly a global business like any other, rather than a fusty industry remote from the wider financial world.
  最重要的是，它们是时代精神的一部分：和其它任何行业一样，法律已经日益成为全球事业，而不是与广阔金融世界脱离的古板行业。
• Its somewhat old-fashioned profile, with branches in far-flung parts of China, plays to the new Zeitgeist.
  农行有些过时的形象（在中国许多偏远地区设有网点），符合新的时代精神。
• He has caught the zeitgeist of rural life in the 1980s very well indeed.
  事实上，他非常准确地描绘出了20世纪80年代乡村生活的真实风貌。
• But I do not have to follow the zeitgeist.
  但是我不一定非要追随这种思潮。
• Although we will focus on Groovy in this article, the zeitgeist demands a comparison with the much loved and feared Ruby.
  尽管在本文中我们关注于Groovy，但是时代精神要求与非常受人爱戴和敬畏的Ruby进行对比。
• They have a great instinct for the Zeitgeist the asset class of the moment.
  他们拥有抓住时代精神的伟大天赋这正是当下最火的资产类别。
• This gave rise to regulatory capture through the intellectual zeitgeist, enabling the banking lobby to swell in size and power.
  这导致监管体制成了学术时代精神的俘虏，使得银行业游说团体的规模和权力不断膨胀。
• This conclusion is at odds with the present economic and political zeitgeist as well as with modern 'lean' management techniques, yet it nevertheless identifies a pathway to a more enjoyable, more comfortable and a more profitable form of office-based working.
  这项结论和目前的经济和政治思潮不一致，也和现代的‘精益’管理技术有矛盾，然而它标识了一条更愉快、更舒适、更符合利益的办公室工作途径。
• The Zeitgeist seems to be working for'Admass '. So does most of what we read and what we hear.
  “时代精神”似乎在为商业广告推销推波助澜，我们所读到和听到的东西，一多半都是如此。