the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak
spirit
verb
uk /ˈspɪr.ɪt/ us /ˈspɪr.ət/
 spirit someone/something away, off, out, etc.
to move someone or something out of or away from a place secretly: 偷偷带走;神不知鬼不觉地弄走
Somehow the prisoners managed to spirit news out to the world outside.囚犯们不知用什么办法把消息送出了监狱。
We managed to spirit her away to the countryside for a few days.
Criminals bought the jewels and spirited them off the island.
My task was to get hold of the documents and spirit them out of the country.
The only way to protect the boy was to spirit him away from his home town.

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spirit | American Dictionary

spirit
noun
us/ˈspɪr·ɪt/

spiritnoun (STATE OF MIND)

[ U ]
a state of mind or attitude:
It’s very important to play the game in the right spirit.
Rock music in the 1960s expressed the spirit of the times.

spiritnoun (INNER CHARACTER)

[ C/U ]
the inner character of a person, thought of as different from the material person we can see and touch:
[ U ]All her life she remained young in spirit, bubbling with ideas.
[ C ]It is a belief of many religions that your spirit lives on after your body dies.
[ C/U ]
A spirit is also something that can be felt to be present but cannot be seen, similar to a ghost.

spiritnoun (ENTHUSIASM)

[ U ]
enthusiasm and energy:
The orchestra performed the symphony with great spirit.
spirit
verb[ Talways+ adv/prep ]
us/ˈspɪr·ɪt/

spiritverb[T always + adv/prep] (MOVE)

to move someone or something secretly:
[ M ]Everyone wonders who spirited away the body.

Examples of spirit

spirit
This single unified spirit is accorded multiple roles.
As against professionalism, then, politeness was allied with the spirit of the amateur.
It is also true to the spirit of things.
Talent is perhaps closest in spirit to gate.
Finally, the term also referred to the human soul as well as the "vital spirit" of all living things.
But it was unscholarly, in the sense that doubtful and questionable matter was accepted in an uncritical spirit and interspersed among documents of reliable authenticity.
One result of the modern spirit is that particular fields of inquiry are segregated.
The spirits are also believed significantly to influence life in the human world through their ability to afflict humans with all manner of diseases.
Ecological theory is already very close in spirit to economics.
The spirit displayed a scroll containing a lengthy summary of his expedition.
It was in that spirit that we undertook our task.
In the beginning, he and his fellow worshippers truly ranked among the poor in spirit as well as in material goods.
The idea is thus close in spirit to the proposals described above.
He often spoke about the "human spirit" as a positive force that should be protected and respected.
Accounts of visits to mediums were often characterized by highly emotive descriptions of meetings with spirits or messages from the other side.
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Collocations withspirit

spirit

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adventurous spirit
I, and all who knew him, will miss his intelligent comments, his adventurousspirit, and his concern for humanity.
ancestral spirit
These visions were produced by a "wakan" or ancestralspirit.
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