liquor和spirit的区别：中文含义不同、用法不同。liquor可作名词和及物动词，含义为“酒”、“含酒精饮料”、“浸泡”、“喝酒”；spirit可作名词和动词，含义为“精神”、“心境”、“忠心”、“偷偷带走”、“让人不可思议地弄走”。
一、liquor的意思及用法
1、作为名词时，意为酒;烈性酒;含酒精饮料。
例句：She drinks wine and beer but no liquor.
她喝葡萄酒和啤酒，但不沾烈性酒。
The room was filled with cases of liquor.
房间里堆满了整箱整箱的烈性酒。
The federal government hiked the tax on hard liquor.
联邦政府提高了烈性酒的税率。
But it won't go to your head, as most liquors do.
但是它不像大多数烈性酒那样喝了会头晕。
Most best-selling hard liquors were created by mavericks.
最畅销的烈性酒大多是由一些不走寻常路的人创造的。
Most doctors recommend cutting back on wine, beer, and hard liquor.
许多医生都会建议病人少喝葡萄酒、啤酒和烈性酒等各种酒类。
2、作为及物动词时，意为浸泡;喝酒。
例句：A man who cannot hold his liquor should not drink.
不能节杯的人不该喝酒。
You know: people who can't handle liquor shouldn't drink it.
你应该知道：不能喝酒的人就不要喝。
He had liquor in him; I could see that; and besides, he always has.
他当时喝酒了，我能看得出，更何况他经常喝酒。
If you drink liquor at work, you are waking a sleep wolf.
如果你上班时喝酒，你就是自找麻烦。
A classmate gave an impassioned speech on the benefits of drinking liquor.
一位同学对喝酒的好处做出了一次慷慨激昂的讲话。
二、spirit的意思及用法
1、作为名词时，意为精神;心灵;情绪;心境;(某种类型的)人;勇气;忠心;心态;本质;真实意义;灵魂;仙子;烈酒;工业酒精。
例句：You must try and keep your spirits up.
你必须设法保持高昂的情绪。
Although the team lost, they played with tremendous spirit.
尽管输了，但队员表现得极为勇猛。
There's not much community spirit around here.
这里集体精神比较薄弱。
We approached the situation in the wrong spirit.
我们以前对待局势的心态不对。
2、作为及物动词时，意为偷偷带走;让人不可思议地弄走。
例句：After the concert, the band was spirited away before their fans could get near them.
音乐会结束后，乐队没等歌迷靠近就神秘地消失了。
