Corinthian spirit

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An especially high standard of sportsmanship. countable,uncountable
    — Another thing the Association fostered, he thought, was the Old Boy spirit -- the Corinthian spirit -- and one way in which that was done was through sport.
  2. Amateurism, originally in yachting. countable,dated,uncountable
    — [A] farmer living on Lake Ontario ... was seized with the Corinthian spirit after reading some articles on boating. The farmer wrote: A neighbor and myself built a boat for instruction and amusement ...

词形变化

Corinthian spirits plural

词源

From Corinthian (“of a sporting event: restricted to gentleman amateurs”).
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