animal spirits

短语

生气, 活力

词形变化

only 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The theorized ‘spirits’ or physiological principles which allowed for sensation and voluntary movement.

    历史 仅复数 医学
  2. 2.

    Liveliness, vivacity, a happy tendency to action.

    仅复数
  3. 3.

    After Keynes (citation 1936, above), the emotional and intuitive factors that drive business decisions whether to make investment gambles.

    仅复数 金融

词源

From Middle English spirite animal; equivalent to animal (adjective) + spirits.

来源：wiktionary