1848, from German Zeitgeist (Herder, 1769), "spirit of the age," literally "time-spirit," from Zeit "time" (see tide (n.)) + Geist "spirit" (see ghost (n.)). Carlyle has it as a German word in "Sartor Resartus" (1840) and translates it as "Time-Spirit."
实用例句
1. He has caught the zeitgeist of rural life in the 1980s very well indeed.
事实上，他非常准确地描绘出了20世纪80年代乡村生活的真实风貌。来自柯林斯例句
2. The Zeitgeist of these centuries operated against the development of a pure science.
这几世纪的时代精神阻碍了纯粹科学的发展.来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
3. Human full developments are the zeitgeist of socialist harmonious society.
人的全面发展是社会主义和谐社会的时代内涵.来自互联网
4. The title audacious but it captured the western zeitgeist.
其书名相当大胆,但抓住了西方的时代精神.来自互联网
5. Zeitgeist: The taste, outlook, and spirit characteristic of a period or generation.
