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.: 子空間類方法、 esprit和WSF是幾種典型的高分辨方位估計方法, 它們具有良好的統計性能.

2. As a bel esprit he despised pedantry whether in a man or in a bluestocking.: 作為一個才子,他看不起賣弄學問的作風,不管這種作風是由男人還是女才子所表現出來的.

3. Volkswagen is there with a presentation that exudes passion and esprit.: 大眾汽車攜帶散發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袖,使大家的團隊精神得以保持不變.

5. Works dependably , sincere, can withstand the tremendous pressure, has esprit de corps.: 做事塌實、誠懇、能承受大的壓力, 具有團結精神.