单词 | to enter into the spirit of |
释义 | > as lemmasto enter (also get) into the spirit of P9. to enter (also get) into the spirit of: to participate wholeheartedly (in an event, occasion, situation, etc., esp. one of celebration and festivity); to act in accordance with the prevailing (typically cheerful and enthusiastic) mood.Frequently in to enter (also get) into the spirit of things. ΚΠ 1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker III. 157 He must be a Goth and a barbarian, if he did not enter into the spirit of such a happy and humorous contrivance. 1844 tr. L. Faucher Manchester in 1844 8 Glasgow had, no less than Manchester, entered into the spirit of this industrial revolution. 1910 N.Y. Times 19 Feb. 13/2 The freshmen seem to have gotten into the spirit of things. 1961 J. Dawson Ha-Ha (1962) 53 We soon had our heads together..mapping out my itinerary, Mother really entering into the spirit of it. 1991 T. Mitchell Blood Sport ii. 57 This might have been all to the good if the Spanish upper classes had entered fully into the spirit of the Enlightenment and had set out to renovate and rationalize every aspect of their benighted land. 2017 Times (Nexis) 20 Apr. (T2 section) 7 The men-hens entered into the spirit of things admirably, turning up in skirts and adorned with glittery tat. < as lemmas |
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