| 释义 |
ˈtime-ˌspirit
[transl. of Ger. Zeitgeist.]
The spirit of the time, the genius of the age.
1831Carlyle Sart. Res. ii. ix, To me, in this our life..which is an internecine warfare with the Time-spirit, other warfare seems questionable. 1873M. Arnold Lit. & Dogma (1876) p. xxi, To say that the Church-dogmas of his time..on which the Time-Spirit had not then turned his light, were false developments. 1880T. Hodgkin Italy & Inv. iii. ix. II. 547 One is disposed to look the present Time-Spirit boldly in the face and ask why it..must be infallible and eternal. |