He reportedly said at the time that Motown had lost the spirit it had during its time in Detroit.

VOA: special.2009.05.11

A lot has happened since the exuberant optimism of the political spirit that we see in a tract like Areopagitica.

弥尔顿在《论出版自由》中发表了极为乐观的政治思想之后,政治形势发生了很大变化。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

But there is the opposite possibility, in the Beatitudes we read, "Blessed are the poor in spirit."

但是也有另一种可能性，《八福词》，里圣人讲，“虚心的人有福“

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

May the spirit of peace in which we came be reflected in the lives of all mankind."

VOA: special.2009.07.29

But a wonderful book, very well-written, very accessible in the spirit of positive psychology.

但是本很棒的书，写得非常好，让人很容易理解积极心理学。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

The memory and spirit of Isabella Stewart Gardner lives on in the museum she created to share her love of art with the people.

VOA: special.2009.01.11

In other words, he hoped to revive in some way the spirit of the ancients of antiquity, but to modify it in the lights of his own experience.

换句话说，他希望能够,复兴远古先贤的精神，但加入,他个人的亲身经历。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

No one is sure why. Modern Pueblo Indians say they feel a strong link to the spirit of their ancestors in Bandelier National Monument.

VOA: special.2010.07.05

We could try to change it in a way that keeps much of the spirit of the personality theory, but avoids some of the problems we've just been looking at.

我们可以试着保留人格理论的精髓，但避开它给我们带来的问题。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

Since the late eighteen hundreds, a spirit of reform had been growing in the United States.

VOA: special.2010.08.05

The god says to him, "Here's what you need to do. You need to try the spirit of your men, and in that way to inspirit them to carry on until victory.

神对他说,"你需要尝试去鼓舞部下的军心,以此来激励他们坚持下去,直到取得胜利

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

She says her hope comes from her belief in four things: the human brain,the human spirit, nature's strength and the energy of young people.

VOA: special.2009.11.18

That's another one of those sentences by Faulkner that sort of captured this spirit of Alabama Fever, as it was called, in the 1820s and '30s, and Mississippi Fever in the 1830s, Louisiana/Texas Fever by the 18 well Louisiana Fever is even earlier--but Texas Fever by the 1840s.

还有福克纳写的另一部作品,作品谈到了十九世纪二三十年代的,圈地狂潮,在阿拉巴马州,十九世纪三十年代的密西西比,在路易斯安那州和德克萨斯州,路易斯安那州圈地潮相对出现得更早,德克萨斯州圈地潮是在十九世纪四十年代

耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选

Today,the modern destroyer, the U.S.S.Bainbridge, honors the American naval officer in name and in spirit.

VOA: special.2009.05.27

The blind poet calls on the Holy Spirit to assist him in the composition of the epic.

这位失明的诗人请求神灵帮助他,完成史诗。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

Many people say he represents the spirit of growth in America during this period.

VOA: special.2009.02.21

And that it's because it is partaking of exactly the same motivation as that urge in the spirit that we usually associate with the spiritual.

这是因为它在实质上,和我们与宗教经常联系,在一起的精神力量。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

But he does represent the spirit of early settlers in the American West.

VOA: special.2009.11.28

And Milton, or the Elder Brother here, is clearly thinking of Revelation 14, in which it's only the pure spirit or the virgin -- that can even begin to hear the new song being sung before the throne of God.

弥尔顿，或者大哥，显然说的是《启示录》第14章的内容，那里说只有纯净的精神或有童贞,才可以听到在上帝面前唱的新歌。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

The spirit of spring seemed to be passing in my room.

VOA: special.2009.11.15

I assume what Socrates means by that is though each individual will, each of us, embody all three features of soul, appetite, spirit, and reason, only one of these will be the dominate trait in each of us.

我假定苏格拉底是指,虽然每个个体，我们每一个人，都将体现灵魂,欲望，意志与理性的全部三种特质，而仅有其中一项,会主宰我们每一个人。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

The music seemed to free something in Paul's spirit.

VOA: special.2009.04.04

This is how this logic goes -- we are all familiar with this: our body remains to molder in the earth or welter in the ocean , but our incorporeal spirit rises to heaven where it can enjoy an ethereal, a bodiless, world of eternity.

就是这种逻辑--我们都熟悉这个：,我们的肉体在地下或是海底归于腐朽,但灵魂却会升入天堂,在那里享受无形的永生。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

President Kennedy once said: "I am certain that after the dust of centuries has passed over our cities, we,too,will be remembered not for our victories or defeats in battle or politics, but for our contribution to the human spirit."

VOA: special.2010.10.29

The soul is just, he tells us, when the appetites, spiritedness, and reason cooperate with reason, ruling, spirit and appetite, just as in the polis, the philosopher-king rules the warriors and the workers.

他告诉我们，灵魂将是正义的，当欲望，意志及理性，与理性统治，意志,及欲望合作，一如城市中的正义，哲学家国王统治,战士及工人。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

"The purpose of the awards was to give those high school students who demonstrate superior talent and achievement in things of the spirit and of the mind at least a fraction of the honors and rewards accorded to their athletic classmates for demonstrating their bodily skills."

VOA: special.2011.05.27

"What is required of us now is a new era of responsibility Ca recognition on the part of every American, that we have duties to ourselves, our nation and the world, duties that we do not grudgingly accept but rather seize gladly, firm in the knowledge that there is nothing so satisfying to the spirit, so defining of our character, than giving our all to a difficult task."

VOA: special.2009.01.24

But there is little doubt about the resilient spirit of Aung San Suu Kyi and the movement for democracy in Burma that she represents.

VOA: standard.2009.06.19

"The president is going in a spirit of dealing with these other nations as partners.

VOA: standard.2009.04.15

And President Clinton and I are going to work to tap that same spirit of giving to help our brothers and sisters in the Caribbean,".

VOA: standard.2010.01.16