psyche

noun
🔊/ˈsaɪki/
🔊/ˈsaɪki/
(formal)
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  1. the mind; your deepest feelings and attitudes灵魂;心灵;精神;心态
    • the human psyche人的心灵
    • She knew, at some deep level of her psyche, that what she was doing was wrong.她在内心深处还是知道自己当时正在做错误的事。🔊🔊
    • Much is still not known about the long-term effects of mind-altering drugs on the human psyche.关于改变精神的药物对人类心理的长期影响,人们仍然知之甚少。
    Word Originmid 17th cent.: via Latin from Greek psukhē ‘breath, life, soul’.