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单词 kindred spirit
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Definition of kindred spirit in English:

kindred spirit

noun
  • A person whose interests or attitudes are similar to one's own.

    (与自己)志趣相投的人

    I longed to find a kindred spirit
    he was a kindred spirit to them
    Example sentencesExamples
    • But this 30-something Scotsman was fired by a patriotic zeal to help an underground organisation of kindred spirits devoted to one thing - haggis.
    • Did you make any friends in the Air Force, meet any kindred spirits?
    • In fact walkers are indeed kindred spirits - sharing a deep respect and reverence for the landscape, culture and heritage of the area.
    • Out of a desire to find kindred spirits for this aspect of my personality, last month I enrolled in a bushcraft course at Wellington's Tararua Tramping Club.
    • He declined photographic commissions and solo exhibitions during the early 1930s, even when proposed by friends or kindred spirits.
    • My other reason is selfish I guess, maybe I'm using it as a litmus test to uncover kindred spirits that enjoy the same things that I do.
    • Two eight-year-olds, Julien and Sophie, are lonely kindred spirits.
    • Roth was almost a kindred spirit, but his attitude toward life came from simply not caring, instead of the malicious pleasure Eric found in destruction.
    • We've managed all these years to maintain a strong group of kindred spirits.
    • To the surprise of Johnny and Sarah, they have all found a friend, a kindred spirit.
    • Perhaps many young women don't see the relevance of a feminist struggle when their closest kindred spirits are men and not earlier generations of feminists.
    • Indeed, many of his subjects seem to be his friends or, at very least, kindred spirits.
    • Over the past several months I've maintained correspondence with a few people whom I now regard as valued muses and kindred spirits.
    • We were kindred spirits - we loved taking our caravan and walking in the Lake District and Scotland.
    • How could I recognise a kindred spirit, a possible friend?
    • As it was, I got to meet a lot of people I'd only heard about, represent my local indie bookstore, and generally feel like I was in a space among friends or at least kindred spirits.
    • ‘I would have to say they should look for kindred spirits in other scenes or other labels,’ says Bauld.
    • We spoke almost every day, we shared our writing, wrote together, drew attention, caused havoc on the town and she even ventured to call us kindred spirits.
    • She said she had been nervous going to the classes because she thought everyone would be in Lycra and leotards, but soon found some kindred spirits.
    • Janis wasn't so bad, she was a schizophrenic like me so, with her, it was a question of being kindred spirits.

Definition of kindred spirit in US English:

kindred spirit

nounˈkindrid ˈspirit
  • A person whose interests or attitudes are similar to one's own.

    (与自己)志趣相投的人

    I longed to find a kindred spirit
    Example sentencesExamples
    • But this 30-something Scotsman was fired by a patriotic zeal to help an underground organisation of kindred spirits devoted to one thing - haggis.
    • Two eight-year-olds, Julien and Sophie, are lonely kindred spirits.
    • Perhaps many young women don't see the relevance of a feminist struggle when their closest kindred spirits are men and not earlier generations of feminists.
    • To the surprise of Johnny and Sarah, they have all found a friend, a kindred spirit.
    • Out of a desire to find kindred spirits for this aspect of my personality, last month I enrolled in a bushcraft course at Wellington's Tararua Tramping Club.
    • We've managed all these years to maintain a strong group of kindred spirits.
    • ‘I would have to say they should look for kindred spirits in other scenes or other labels,’ says Bauld.
    • Over the past several months I've maintained correspondence with a few people whom I now regard as valued muses and kindred spirits.
    • We were kindred spirits - we loved taking our caravan and walking in the Lake District and Scotland.
    • Did you make any friends in the Air Force, meet any kindred spirits?
    • In fact walkers are indeed kindred spirits - sharing a deep respect and reverence for the landscape, culture and heritage of the area.
    • He declined photographic commissions and solo exhibitions during the early 1930s, even when proposed by friends or kindred spirits.
    • She said she had been nervous going to the classes because she thought everyone would be in Lycra and leotards, but soon found some kindred spirits.
    • Indeed, many of his subjects seem to be his friends or, at very least, kindred spirits.
    • Janis wasn't so bad, she was a schizophrenic like me so, with her, it was a question of being kindred spirits.
    • Roth was almost a kindred spirit, but his attitude toward life came from simply not caring, instead of the malicious pleasure Eric found in destruction.
    • How could I recognise a kindred spirit, a possible friend?
    • As it was, I got to meet a lot of people I'd only heard about, represent my local indie bookstore, and generally feel like I was in a space among friends or at least kindred spirits.
    • My other reason is selfish I guess, maybe I'm using it as a litmus test to uncover kindred spirits that enjoy the same things that I do.
    • We spoke almost every day, we shared our writing, wrote together, drew attention, caused havoc on the town and she even ventured to call us kindred spirits.
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