animal spirit

基本解释

Every person and animal has a spirit. Even a plant also has a spirit.
每一个人和每一个畜生都有一个灵魂﹐就连每一株植物也有一个灵魂。
The fourth is Immortal and spirit animal mirror such as "Spirit Animal Mirror and Immortal Figure Mirror", and so on.
第四类为神仙、灵兽镜，如神兽镜和神仙画像镜等；
Soon afterwards, observing that he was an animal altogether deficient in spirit, he assumed such boldness as to put a bridle in his mouth, and to let a child drive him.
这之后不久，他注意到骆驼是个一点精神都没有的动物，于是就大着胆子把一个龙头套在了骆驼的嘴上，然后让一个小孩子赶着他。

For all its talk of celebrating entrepreneurial capitalism and risk-taking, Wall Street currently has all the animal spirit of a savings bonds buyer.
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