spiritual

mental, spiritual

这两个形容词均有“精神的”之意。
mental: 侧重指某人对周围环境所具有的内心，情绪上及智力方面的反映。
spiritual: 侧重人内心深处的思维对客观事物的反映，而不是人的身体对事物的反应而构成人的精神因素。

名词 spiritual:

1. a kind of religious song originated by Blacks in the southern United States
   同义词：Negro spiritual

形容词 spiritual:

1. concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church
   同义词：religious
2. concerned with or affecting the spirit or soul
   同义词：unearthly
3. lacking material body or form or substance-Lewis Mumford
4. resembling or characteristic of a phantom
   同义词：apparitional, ghostlike, ghostly, phantasmal, spectral

1. They seem to exist on a different spiritual plane.
   他们似乎生活在不同的精神境界。
2. I bought a book on the passing of spiritual authority from the apostles through successive popes and other bishops.
   我买了一本关于神权自使徒传至教皇及其他主教的一脉相承的书。
3. Many young people could not resist the spiritual pollution.
   很多年轻人不能抵制精神污染。
4. A belief that moral or spiritual perfection can be achieved by people in this life.
   完美主义信仰在生命中相信人生可以达到道德或精神的完美境界
5. Not of this world; spiritual.
   精神的不属于这个世界的; 精神的
6. I care more about the spiritual life than the substantial life.
   和物质生活相比，我更注重精神生活。