ascetic
ascetic 英 [əˈsetɪk] 美 [əˈsɛtɪk]
adj. 苦行的；禁欲主义的 n. 苦行者；禁欲者
名词复数:ascetics
- Want to live an ascetic lifestyle? Then you better ditch the flat panel TV and fuzzy slippers. To be ascetic, you learn to live without; it's all about self-denial.
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- adj. 苦行的；禁欲主义的
- n. 苦行者；禁欲者
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1. Throughout history power has been the vice of the ascetic.
从古至今，权力都是苦行者的罪恶嗜好。
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2. Not deciding to move to an island or Third World country to live as an ascetic priestess – I like urban cities, and I enjoy having stuff.
没有决定搬到一个岛上或第三世界国家，像一个苦行的祭司一样活着--我喜欢城市，享受物质。
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3. For instance, Leo Tolstoy, a great and good man, at one time a sensualist, has now turned ascetic; a common evolution in the lives of the saints.
列夫·托尔斯泰，一个大好人，一度也曾是个声色狗马之徒，现在却转变为一个苦行者；过起了圣徒般的生活，这是一种一般的演变。
- ascetic (adj.) 1640s, "practicing rigorous self-denial as a religious exercise," from Latinized form of Greek asketikos "rigorously self-disciplined, laborious," from asketes "monk, hermit," earlier "skilled worker, one who practices an art or trade," especially "athlete, one in training for the arena," from askein "to exercise, train," especially "to train for athletic competition, practice gymnastics, exercise," perhaps originally "to fashion material, embellish or refine material."
- ascetic (n.) 1650s, "one rigorous in self-denial," especially as an act of religious devotion; 1670s, Ascetic, "one of the early Christians who retired to the desert to live solitary lives of meditation, self-denial, and prayer," from ascetic (adj.).
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