Montesquieu. The Spirit of Laws. Trans. Zhang Yanshen. Beijing: The Commercial Press, 1987.

孟德斯鸠：《论法的精神》，张雁深译。北京：商务印书馆，1987年。

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The preamble to the Laws of Cricket talks about “the spirit of the game”; their English custodians even hold an annual “Spirit of Cricket” lecture at Lord’s in London, the game’s home.

板球规则的前言里就谈到了“体育精神”，在板球的发源地英国，人们甚至每年在伦敦的板球场要举行一次关于“板球之魂”的讲座。

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The pettiness of its laws is never more evident than in its condemnation of vice, the expression of carnal tragedy born from the presence of the spirit in the flesh.

而其中的规律却从未像对其邪恶的指责那样明显。世俗的悲剧都来源于赤裸裸的精神表达。

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We not only comply with the laws but we comply with the spirit of the laws.

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These money laundries, organized as 501(c)(4) groups under the Internal Revenue Code, violate the spirit of the tax laws and may well violate the letter of the law as well.

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He had also conveyed the FSA's worries about the bank's culture, including the attitudes of its most senior staff to risk taking, and flouting the spirit of tax laws and banking regulations.

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