英语词汇“public、spirited”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组、英语词典-本地帮

单词

public-spirited

释义

ˌpublic-ˈspirited, a.
Characterized by public spirit (public a. 8 b); animated or prompted by zeal for the public good; directed to the common welfare.
1677A. Yarranton Eng. Improv. 157 There is one publick spirited Man lately come into that Countrey.1712Steele Spect. No. 442 ⁋3 Good or Ill-natur'd, Publick-spirited or Selfish.1783Burke Rep. Affairs Ind. Wks. XI. 269 The act..is not only disinterested, but generous, and publick-spirited.1878R. B. Smith Carthage 358 A new nobility of wealth, who..were not more farsighted or more public-spirited than their predecessors.
Hence ˌpublic-ˈspiritedly adv., with public spirit; ˌpublic-ˈspiritedness.
1654Whitlock Zootomia 382 The Spirit of Charity, the old Word for publike Spiritednesse.1707E. Chamberlayne Pres. St. Eng. i. (ed. 22) 50 Many eminent Qualifications, as Dexterity, Sagacity,..Publick spiritedness.1847Webster, Public-spiritedly.1860Mill Repr. Govt. (1865) 72/1 The ‘local’ or ‘middle class’ examination for the degree of Associate, so laudably and public-spiritedly established by the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge.1883Kendal Mercury & Times 23 Nov. 5/1 The promptings of a noble public-spiritedness.

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