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

• 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。
• No personal impulses can be felt in it; not a stroke has any verve.
  既见不到他个人的情感，也看不出有哪一笔下得生动有力。
• "sheng ji", two first tones, is a Chinese word which means verve, vitality.
  大牛：生机，读一声，指生命力和活力。
• 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。
• Blue sky and white cloud mountain people have shown to create municipal health county verve.
  蓝天白云已经展现出秀山人全力创建市级卫生县城的气魄。
• The audience rose to his verve and wit.
  观众们对他生气勃勃和富于机智的表演热烈喝彩。
• 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。
• The Verve operating system consists of a nucleus, a kernel and one or more applications.
  Verve操作系统由内核（nucleus）、核心（kernel）和一个或多个应用程序组成。
• 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。
• Mr Paulson is an impressive man but has shown little verve for politics.
  保尔森是一位优秀的人士，但他没有展现出应有的政治智慧。