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DEFINITIVE EXAMPLES 权威例句〔letter〕Both sides obeyed the letter if not the spirit of the agreement.双方都遵守协议的字面条文,虽然不一定遵从协议的精神实质。英汉大词典〔spirit〕Obey the spirit, not the letter(= the narrow meaning of the words)of the law.要依照法律的精神实质,而不是字面意思。牛津高阶〔take〕She took it in the spirit in which it was intended.她根据其精神实质来认识此事。牛津高阶He kept the letter of the law but not the spirit. 他遵守法律的字面条文,而不是其精神实质。译典通 |