释义 |
ˈspiritlessness [f. prec. + -ness.] The quality or fact of being spiritless.
1669H. More Exp. 7 Epist. ix. 150 This is one reason of the Spiritlesnesse and Inactivity of the Laodicean Church. a1684Leighton Comm. 1 Pet. Wks. 1805 I. 442 This is not a loving agreement, arising from oneness of spirit, but a dead stupidity, arguing a total spiritlessness. 1840New Monthly Mag. LIX. 386 The fair liquid amber..subsided into spiritlessness. 1870Echo 23 Sept., In view of the spiritlessness of the mass of the people. |