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."
双语例句
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.