esprit

英 [es'pri?] 美

暢通詞匯

esprit (n.): 1590s, "liveliness, wit, vivacity," from Middle French esprit "spirit, mind," from Old French espirit "spirit, soul" (12c.), from Latin spiritus "spirit" (see spirit (n.)). For initial e-, see e-.

Esprit de corps, recorded from 1780 in English, preserves the usual French sense. French also has the excellent phrase esprit de l'escalier, literally "spirit of the staircase," defined in OED as, "a retort or remark that occurs to a person after the opportunity to make it has passed." It also has espirit fort, a "strong-minded" person, one independent of current prejudices, especially a freethinker in religion.

1. These estimators include the signal subspace methods, ESPRIT and WSF. They possess good statistical performance.: 子空間類(lèi)方法、 esprit和WSF是幾種典型的高分辨方位估計(jì)方法, 它們具有良好的統(tǒng)計(jì)性能.

2. As a bel esprit he despised pedantry whether in a man or in a bluestocking.: 作為一個(gè)才子,他看不起賣(mài)弄學(xué)問(wèn)的作風(fēng),不管這種作風(fēng)是由男人還是女才子所表現(xiàn)出來(lái)的.

3. Volkswagen is there with a presentation that exudes passion and esprit.: 大眾汽車(chē)攜帶散發(fā)著激情與勃勃生氣的禮物.

4. We need a strong leader to keep our esprit de corps intact.: 我們需要一位有能力的領(lǐng)袖,使大家的團(tuán)隊(duì)精神得以保持不變.

5. Works dependably , sincere, can withstand the tremendous pressure, has esprit de corps.: 做事塌實(shí) 、誠(chéng)懇、能承受大的壓力, 具有團(tuán)結(jié)精神.