verve

英 [vɜːv]

美 [vɜːrv]

n.  精力; 激情; 热情; 热忱

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牛津词典

noun

• 精力；激情；热情；热忱
  energy, excitement or enthusiasm
  1. It was a performance of verve and vitality.
     这是一场充满激情与活力的演出。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 活力;热情;激情
  Verveis lively and forceful enthusiasm.
  1. He looked for the dramatic, like the sunset in this painting, and painted it with great verve...
     他追求画面的恢宏壮观——就像这幅画里的落日——而且创作时充满激情。
  2. She revelled in big MGM musicals with their colour and verve.
     她酷爱米高梅电影公司制作的色彩绚丽、激情四溢的大型歌舞片。

英英释义

noun

• an energetic style
  Synonym:vitality

双语例句

• It has orient verve and combines ancient culture with modern design.
  设计的构思源自中国汉代书简的启发，具有东方意象，融合古今。
• Mr Conway, whose previous book, A Loyal Spy, was set in Afghanistan, writes with verve and an insider's confidence.
  康威先生的上本书，《一个忠诚的间谍》，以阿富汗为背景，用热情和知情人的秘密写就。
• Your impudent look reflects my verve when I was young.
  你无耻的样子很有我当年的神韵。
• If the US economy proved unable to withstand even this featherweight touch, market optimists would lose their verve.
  如果美国经济被证明连这种超轻量级的压力都无法承受，市场乐观者可能会方寸大乱。
• Through locale review and introduction of the three Korea excellent construction examples of space group of Korea building, kyongdong Presbyterian church, Cheongju national museum, it discusses the Oriental verve preserved in Korea modern construction, gives a use for reference to the design of modern construction.
  通过对空间综合建筑事务所大楼、京东长老会教堂、清州国立博物馆三个韩国优秀建筑实例的现场考察和介绍，探讨了韩国现代建筑中保持的东方神韵，对现代建筑的设计具有一定的借鉴意义。
• What happened to personality, verve and humor?
  个性到哪里去了，活力和幽默？
• Of Course, controlling the verve of the story is based on the director's familiarity and understanding of the background.
  当然，要把握其中的神韵，又基于创作者对这个背景的熟悉和了解。
• He looked for the dramatic, like the sunset in this painting, and painted it with great verve
  他追求画面的恢宏壮观——就像这幅画里的落日——而且创作时充满激情。
• In her novels, Yan Geling has been seeking a language which is full of life and which is not to lose the verve of Chinese language in the process of translation.
  严歌苓的小说一直在寻找一种不会在翻译过程中流失中国文字的神韵、生命的文字语言。
• To explore the life sense contained in the theory of verve, the author approaches it from its ontological life and life spirit.
  为了深入挖掘神韵说所蕴含的生命精神，笔者从神韵说的本体生命观和艺术的生命精神两个方面对其生命意蕴进行了剖析。