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单词 vigor
释义 vig·or
\ˈvigə(r)\ noun
(-s)
Usage: see -or in
Etymology: Middle English vigour, from Middle French vigeur, from Latin vigor, from vigēre to be vigorous, flourish + -or — more at vigil
1. : active strength or force of body or mind : capacity for physical, intellectual, or moral exertion : effective energy or power
 < the vigor of youth >
 < the vigor of a storm >
2. : strength or force in animal or vegetable nature or action
 < a plant grows with vigor >
3. : intensity of action or effect : force, energy
 < the vigor of an argument >
 < commanding a troop with vigor >
 < a drug that acts with vigor >
4. : effective legal status : validity
 < laws that are still in vigor >
Synonyms:
 vigor, vim, spirit, dash, esprit, verve, punch, éLAN, and drive denote, in common, a quality of force, forcefulness, or energy. vigor implies active good health and native robustness or a display of energy or forcefulness deriving from it or befitting it
  < the physical and intellectual vigor and toughness which the trial lawyer needs — Robert Hale >
  < the vigor and inventiveness that American business has shown in many other fields — Defense Against Recession >
  < burst into leaf with exceptional vigorAmerican Guide Series: Maryland >
  < a wonderfully witty book, with an intellectual vigor — Paul Pickrel >
  vim stresses the display of usually enthusiastic energy in doing or making something
  < enter into an enterprise with a good deal of vim >
  < the vim and energy with which he spoke was exhausting to the audience >
  spirit stresses a driving vivacity, liveliness, or animated interest usually deriving from disposition or temperament
  < enter into a campaign with spirit >
  < on the eve of a match the players worked up spirit by celebrations — American Guide Series: Florida >
  dash implies a bold, devil-may-care force, often tending to stress the impact upon the observer, reader, or listener
  < the picture really captures the obsessive dash of professional airmen — Time >
  < their lineaments and general contours to be drawn with Düreresque vigor and dash — Thomas Hardy >
  < his study … aspiring to make up in liveliness, dash, and clarity what it is bound to lack in analytical rigor — Clifton Fadiman >
  < lack of oratorical dash — N.F.Busch >
  esprit is a quality of interest or energy of mind or disposition more subtly manifest than spirit and often strongly implying active cleverness or wit
  < there are men of esprit who are excessively exhausting to some people — O.W.Holmes †1894 >
  < acquire the industrial esprit that could spark general economic advance — David Riesman >
  verve suggests strongly a characteristic or peculiar active energy or interest
  < writing with the verve and gusto dear to the mid-nineteenth century — Mary Ross >
  < both sing with shattering verve — Herbert Weinstock >
  < the dancers performed with verve — Douglas Watt >
  < tells his story … with unquenchable verve and enthusiasm — Times Literary Supplement >
  < recited King Henry V's speech before the battle of Agincourt with such verve that she brought the house down — Bruce Marshall >
  punch stresses forcefulness of impact or immediate effectiveness
  < a speech with very little punch >
  < the poem which I have chosen seems to me … to be crisp in its language and also to carry a considerable punch — Louis MacNeice >
  < coconut sap is poured to make toddy — which looks like milk but has a punchNew York Times Magazine >
  éLAN stresses a spirit or quality marked by ardor or spiritedness in action
  < marching in perfect formation and with military élan — Philip Hamburger >
  < clears his hurdles with agility and élanTimes Literary Supplement >
  < a real victory would give them a great élan for the sterner tests yet to come — D.D.Eisenhower >
  drive stresses an unremitting purposive action or forcefulness resulting from a large reservoir of energy
  < lack the drive, the initiative, and the sense of aggression necessary to carry out a planned crime of violence — D.W.Maurer & V.H.Vogel >
  < this titan's spirit which gave such drive and strength to the mightiest of his plays — John Mason Brown >
  < enough drive to achieve success in almost any field >
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