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单词 zeitgeist
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Definition of zeitgeist in English:

zeitgeist

nounˈzʌɪtɡʌɪst
  • The defining spirit or mood of a particular period of history as shown by the ideas and beliefs of the time.

    时代精神,时代思潮

    the story captured the zeitgeist of the late 1960s

    这篇小说抓住了20世纪60年代晚期的时代精神。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • When the young Beethoven arrived in Vienna in 1792, the musical zeitgeist was defined by Haydn and Mozart.
    • People are just jumping aboard the zeitgeist in insecure times.
    • Five years ago it would have been surfing the zeitgeist; now it looks like a quaint period piece from last century.
    • She's bang up to now without kowtowing to fashion, and catches the zeitgeist in a completely individual way.
    • It was the time of experimentation and the zeitgeist favoured ordinary people as subject matter for documentaries.
    • Masters of the prevailing zeitgeist, U2 have reinvented themselves more times than Bowie and Madonna put together.
    • How fleeting and fickle is the national zeitgeist eh?
    • I once wrote that he is the Beatles of blogging, riding the zeitgeist, leading us all in the right direction.
    • With Venus so tightly aligned with the Sun, these ideas are likely to be very much in the zeitgeist.
    • The stories capture the zeitgeist of the experience, if not the objective reality.
    • Not since the peak seasons of Friends has a network TV show captured the zeitgeist so thoroughly.
    • They'll never be a part of the zeitgeist… and thank God for that.
    • In many ways the Perrons' story captured the zeitgeist last year.
    • I think the only answers lie with changing the zeitgeist and the mindsets of the people who run these organisations.
    • I do believe that the zeitgeist of the Zeroes will be characterised by a popular desire for things to be real.
    • One of his more uncanny talents has been the ability to capture the zeitgeist before we even knew it was upon us.
    • I chatted enthusiastically to various people for a couple of hours, brilliantly deconstructing the zeitgeist and things.
    • It makes no claim to originality: the only zeitgeist it captures is a superficial snapshot of modern teenage life.
    • Back in the University Cafe, the Verrecchia family is not entirely convinced the fictional Oyster Cafe has captured the zeitgeist.
    • I don't understand how people tune into the fashion zeitgeist, nor how they work out what's in and what's out.

Derivatives

  • zeitgeisty

  • adjectiveˈzʌɪtɡʌɪstiˈtsʌɪtɡʌɪsti
    • Capturing or characteristic of the defining spirit or mood of a particular period of history.

      two of the most zeitgeisty films of their time
      Example sentencesExamples
      • To hear some people talk, their subsequent actions amount to a cautionary tale about this most zeitgeisty side of modern capitalism.
      • Hitching a lift on such a zeitgeisty channel could be the making of a rookie presenter's career.
      • The idea of "respect" in politics seemed so zeitgeisty a couple of years ago but today it's almost a dirty word.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from German Zeitgeist, from Zeit 'time' + Geist 'spirit'.

Definition of zeitgeist in US English:

zeitgeist

noun
  • The defining spirit or mood of a particular period of history as shown by the ideas and beliefs of the time.

    时代精神,时代思潮

    the story captured the zeitgeist of the late 1960s

    这篇小说抓住了20世纪60年代晚期的时代精神。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Back in the University Cafe, the Verrecchia family is not entirely convinced the fictional Oyster Cafe has captured the zeitgeist.
    • Masters of the prevailing zeitgeist, U2 have reinvented themselves more times than Bowie and Madonna put together.
    • I once wrote that he is the Beatles of blogging, riding the zeitgeist, leading us all in the right direction.
    • With Venus so tightly aligned with the Sun, these ideas are likely to be very much in the zeitgeist.
    • In many ways the Perrons' story captured the zeitgeist last year.
    • People are just jumping aboard the zeitgeist in insecure times.
    • Not since the peak seasons of Friends has a network TV show captured the zeitgeist so thoroughly.
    • One of his more uncanny talents has been the ability to capture the zeitgeist before we even knew it was upon us.
    • How fleeting and fickle is the national zeitgeist eh?
    • She's bang up to now without kowtowing to fashion, and catches the zeitgeist in a completely individual way.
    • I think the only answers lie with changing the zeitgeist and the mindsets of the people who run these organisations.
    • They'll never be a part of the zeitgeist… and thank God for that.
    • It was the time of experimentation and the zeitgeist favoured ordinary people as subject matter for documentaries.
    • Five years ago it would have been surfing the zeitgeist; now it looks like a quaint period piece from last century.
    • I do believe that the zeitgeist of the Zeroes will be characterised by a popular desire for things to be real.
    • The stories capture the zeitgeist of the experience, if not the objective reality.
    • I don't understand how people tune into the fashion zeitgeist, nor how they work out what's in and what's out.
    • It makes no claim to originality: the only zeitgeist it captures is a superficial snapshot of modern teenage life.
    • I chatted enthusiastically to various people for a couple of hours, brilliantly deconstructing the zeitgeist and things.
    • When the young Beethoven arrived in Vienna in 1792, the musical zeitgeist was defined by Haydn and Mozart.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from German Zeitgeist, from Zeit ‘time’ + Geist ‘spirit’.

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