spirit of the time

基本解释

Yet they are not mere mouth- pieces of the spirit of the time (Engels).
然而他们又井不仅仅是“时代精神的代言者”（恩格斯语）。
And writer discussed the main content and form of Mongolian spirit of the time from four aspects of patriotism, solidarity, brave, respect for wisdom.
对当时的蒙古族精神的主要内容和形式从“爱国”、“团结”、“勇敢”、“崇尚智慧”等四个方面进行了总结论述。
Genuine philosophy is people's interpretation of the world from the most universal and essential perspectives, the crystallization of mankind wisdom and the essence of the spirit of the time.
真正的哲学从最普遍、最本质的意义上，表达了人们对世界的理论说明，是人类智慧的结晶，因而是时代精神的精华。

"But the most wonderful thing is that despite all those tensions, people are able to worship freely, there is such a variety of different devotion and celebration in the streets of Jerusalem, and that's the spirit that really should predominate at this time."
This is the spirit that Moses says, in the first Book of Genesis, that moved upon the face of the waters at the time of creation.
这就是摩西在圣经第一卷《创世纪》中所说的，在天地初创之时游走于水面的那个圣灵。
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Spirit is merely a kind of bodily form of energy, and God at the beginning of time infused this energy into the entirety of the material world at the Creation.
灵魂不过是能量的一种物质形式，上帝在时间之始创世纪之际将这能量,注入到了整个物质世界之中。
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时代精神
According to the theory that the spirit of the time determines the appearance of the arts,the real relation between art phenomenon and social background is replaced by the abstract laws,so obviously the history of fine arts take a accessory position.
按照时代精神决定艺术面貌的理论,美术现象与社会背景之间的真实联系被抽象的规律取代,美术史明显处于附庸的地位。