形 quick，clever，bright，effective；名 spirit，soul，fairy，elf；

[例句] 乐团在周一的圣灵降临节举行了首场演出。 The orchestra gave its first performance on Whit Monday.

[例句] 他是韦灵伯勒万圣教堂的教区长。 He was rector of All Hallows Church in Wellingborough.

[电子] sensitivity，response rate，sensibility，sensitiveness ；

[例句] 这台仪器的灵敏度很高. The device acquires a high degree of dexterity.

[例句] 这个探针的灵敏度很高,足以测出任何微生物的存在. The probe is sensitive enough to detect the presence of a single microbe.

dexterous，nimble，skillful，ingenious，delicacy ；

[例句] 尽管他身形庞大，移动起来还是很灵巧。 Despite his bulk he moved lightly on his feet.

[例句] 他灵巧的动手能力和杰出的空间识别能力都浪费在日常事务上了。 His manual dexterity and fine spatial skills were wasted on routine tasks.

nimble，agile，flexible，elastic，agility ；

[例句] 他到处寻觅一家可灵活变通的公司。 He shopped around for a firm that would be flexible.

[例句] 自动化会使工作周缩短，也更为灵活。 Automation would bring a shorter, more flexible working week.

clever，intelligent，heart，soul，spirit ；

[例句] 我们的整个节目都是关注心灵的，但却不是宗教性的。 Our whole programme is spiritually oriented but not religious.

[例句] 对他狭隘扭曲的心灵来说，他的行为当然是可以原谅的。 His actions, to his small perverted mind, were surely forgivable.

soul，spirit，thought，Psyche，anima ；

[例句] 希腊人相信灵魂不灭。 The Greeks accepted belief in the immortality of the soul.

[例句] 他无视传统基督教的肉体与灵魂的二元论。 He ignores the traditional Christian dualism between body and soul.

not work，not work properly，be out of order，dysfunction，failure ；

[例句] 离合器失灵后，汽车只能在二挡行驶。 When the clutch broke, the car was locked into second gear.

[例句] 紧急冷却系统有可能失灵，核反应堆有可能发生堆芯熔毁。 Emergency cooling systems could fail and a reactor meltdown could occur.

inspiration，Promethean fire，afflatus，[电影]Inspiration；

[例句] 电视正从广播节目中汲取灵感。 TV is using radio as a seedbed for ideas.

[例句] 由旅行得来的灵感伴随了他的整个职业生涯。 The inspiration stemming from his travels lasted the length of his career.

ghost，specter，spirit，apparition，fantom ；

[例句] 这个森林黑暗寂静，经常有幽灵和看不见的鬼怪出没。 The forest was dark and silent, haunted by shadows and unseen presences.

[例句] 死去的孩子们的幽灵常在该村出没。 The village is haunted by the ghosts of the dead children.

gods，deities，divinities，jin，jinn；

[例句] 旧时一些有名的巫师经常以祭品祈求他们所供奉神灵的助佑。 The great magicians of old always invoked their gods with sacrifice.

[例句] 圣泉俗用被认为是亵渎神灵的行为。 To desecrate a holy spring is considered profanity.

[动] lark，laverock，lavrock ；

[例句] 百灵鸟的叽叽喳喳声把我给吵醒了。 I woke up to the sound of larks chirruping.

[例句] 照他的话去做,包你百用百灵,百发百中. Do as he told you and you will find every attempt successful and you will make every shot tell.

(of a ghost or spirit) make its presence or power felt，epiphanic ；

[例句] 全能之神在迦南福地对雅各显灵. Almighty God / God Almighty appeared to Jacob in the land of Canaan.

[例句] 有时,春天显灵. Sometimes spring will come alive.

[计] flexibility ；

[例句] 得有一点灵活性才行。 There has got to be a degree of flexibility.

[例句] 既要有原则性,也要有灵活性. We should stick to the principles and be flexible as well.

intelligence，spiritualism ；

[例句] 这座大山似乎有一种灵性,有一种威势,那巍峨之状真是动心骇目. The mountain seemed wise and powerful, and terrifying in its size.

[例句] 巧合的是,这一受自然规律支配的过程给生命披上了件貌似灵性的外衣. This lawful process coincidentally clothes life in a spiritual looking garb.

（鬼怪） spirit，demon，eidolon，fairy，genius；

[例句] 在纽伯里举行的伯克郡障碍赛中“水玉精灵”把骑师掀了下来。 Crystal Spirit unseated his rider in the Berkshire Hurdle at Newbury.

[例句] 她是个鬼马小精灵，看起来也就刚满10岁。 She was an elfin-like girl who looked barely 10 years old.

[动] civet，civet cat，[电影]Il gatto；

[旧] （神异的光辉） miraculous brightness，（画在神像头部的光辉） bright light around the head of a god or Buddha in a picture ；

[例句] 她头脑相当灵光，是个非常棒的作家。 She has a first-class brain and is a damned good writer.

[例句] 迈克尔在数学上可能不太灵光，但在语言方面很有天赋。 Michael may have been a dunce at mathematics, but he was gifted at languages.

[书] （心灵） heart，soul，spirit ；

[例句] 最高层的平台, 称武灵台, 距地面13.5米. The top platform, said Wu Lingtai, 13.5 meters from the ground.

[例句] 灵台宫灯成为一种独特的民间工艺, 远销省内外, 很受欢迎. Lingtai lanterns as a unique arts and crafts, are sold and outside the province, very popular.

hearse，dead wagon，meat wagon ；

[例句] 我需要一辆灵车,到维拉.史密斯的房子. I need a hearse at Vera Smith's house.

[例句] 我说: 你从灵车上偷走了十字架? I said: Now you steal crosses from hearses?

sensitivity，sensibility ；

[例句] 使用非常数检验我们失掉了估计区间的灵敏性. We use nonparametric tests, we lose sharpness in estimating intervals.

[例句] 它要求有速度 、 有力量 、 协调(平衡)、耐久力 、 灵敏性 、 柔韧性 、 协同配合的良好的步法等. It requires speed, strength, balance , stamina, agility, felicity, coordination and good footwork.