词汇 | zeitgeist |
释义 | zeitgeist noun[ S ] uk /ˈtsaɪt.ɡaɪst//ˈzaɪt.ɡaɪst/ us /ˈtsaɪt.ɡaɪst//ˈzaɪt.ɡaɪst/ the general set of ideas, beliefs, feelings, etc. that is typical of a particular period in history(某一特定历史时期的)时代思潮,时代精神 Custom, tradition & conformity Americanization anti-classical anti-conventional anti-institutional anti-traditional conventionally costume counter-tradition crowd custom maverick moonraker mores multicultural multiculturalism traditionalism traditionalist traditionally ultra-conservatism ultra-conservative Examples of zeitgeistzeitgeist Put in the contemporary context, this change also mirrored the overall rebellious zeitgeist of civil society, which was beginning to witness protests over many issues. Prognostications-as-theory do not divine the zeitgeist of a cultural period; they are concerned with what can only be described as psychological diagnoses of that period. Polemical theories frame an ideal, usually by means of a succinct slogan or epithet, capturing the spirit of a cultural period, or zeitgeist. The public zeitgeist favours non-pharmaceutical treatments. Our methods of working, then, were facilitated and in some ways strongly encouraged by the technologies available to us, the products of a zeitgeist of convergence. Zeitgeist created a strong multi-dimensional world in which the dancer was an initiatory and active participant. Buckley's search for the generic zeitgeist in his vocal explorations, however, often resulted in collage. First, there is the recognition that contrary to the zeitgeist implicit in linguistic and psycholinguistic research, simultaneous acquisition of two, or more, languages is not uncommon. It is something in the water supply or, perhaps, in our culture—our zeitgeist. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Resistance to regulation has unfortunately become the modern zeitgeist: the ideological spirit of our times. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It catches the spirit of the age—the zeitgeist that allows us, as investors, to ensure that our money is invested properly based on companies' reports of what they are doing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Always keen to experiment the production embraced the then zeitgeist medium of blogging. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The prevention of behavioural difficulties, often by environmentalenrichment and person centred approaches, are becoming part of the zeitgeist. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He proposes that the moral zeitgeist helps describe how moral imperatives and values naturalistically evolve over time from biological and cultural origins. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The zeitgeist was changing during this time, people wanted to show more interest in humans, and more people were becoming interested in personality psychology. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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