[ADJ 形容词]精神(上)的;心灵(上)的Spiritual means relating to people's thoughts and beliefs, rather than to their bodies and physical surroundings.
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。
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Our whole programme is spiritually oriented but not religious.
我们的整个节目都是关注心灵的,但却不是宗教性的。
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...the peaceful spirituality of Japanese culture.
日本文化的和平精神
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[ADJ 形容词]宗教(上)的;宗教信仰(上)的Spiritual means relating to people's religious beliefs.
The spiritual leader of Ireland's 3.7 million Catholics...
爱尔兰 370 万天主教徒的宗教领袖
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。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]灵歌(原为美国黑奴所唱的一种宗教歌曲) A spiritual is a religious song of the type originally sung by black slaves in America.
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[PHRASE 短语]精神家园;精神故乡 Your spiritual home is 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.
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spir·it·ual★/ˈspɪrɪtʃuəl; NAmEˈspɪrɪtʃuəl/
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spiritualspiritualsadjective★[usually before noun ]1★connected with the human spirit, rather than the body or physical things 精神的;心灵的◆a spiritual experience心灵体验◆spiritual development精神上的发展◆a lack of spiritual values in the modern world现代世界精神价值的缺失◆We're concerned about your spiritual welfare.我们担心你的心理健康。OPP
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2★connected with religion 宗教的◆a spiritual leader宗教领袖☞compare
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(1 )▶spir·itu·al·ly/ˈspɪrɪtʃuəli; NAmEˈspɪrɪtʃuəli/adverb◆a spiritually uplifting book陶冶性情的书IDIOMyour ˌspiritual ˈhomethe 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 在精神上认同的某个地方;精神家园noun(alsoˌNegro ˈspiritual)a religious song of the type originally sung by black slavesin America 灵歌(宗教歌曲,最初为美国黑人奴隶所唱)spir·it·ual/ˈspɪrɪtʃuəl; NAmEˈspɪrɪtʃuəl/spir·itu·al·ly/ˈspɪrɪtʃuəli; NAmEˈspɪrɪtʃuəli/
1relating to your spirit rather than to your body or mind: Painting helps fill a spiritual need for beauty. spiritual values► see thesaurus at
religious
2relating to religionSYN religious: Islam was inspired by the teachings of the spiritual leader Mohammed.3somebody’s spiritual home a place where you feel you belong because you share the ideas and attitudes of that society—spiritually adverb
spiritual1 adjective
spiritual2 noun
spiritualspiritual2 noun [countable]
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a religious song of the type sung originally by African-Americans
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精神的(64%),心灵的(32%),与上帝有关的(4%)
n.圣歌(尤指美国南部黑人的)
adj.精神的,心灵的
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