philistine
philistine 英 [ˈfɪlɪstaɪn] 美 [ˈfɪlɪstin]
adj. 俗气的；无教养的；腓力斯人的 n. 俗气的人；-仇敌；门外汉
名词复数:philistines
- A philistine is a person who doesn’t think a lot and isn't interested in learning. Your uncle Marvin, who's only interested in eating, sleeping, and watching game shows, could be considered a philistine.
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- adj. 俗气的；无教养的；腓力斯人的
- n. 俗气的人；-仇敌；门外汉
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1. Then the philistine said, "This day I defy the ranks of Israel!
那非利士人又说:" 我今日向以色列人的军队骂阵。
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2. When he revealed to a philistine woman, Delilah, that his hair was the source of his strength, she shaved his head while he was sleeping, leaving him powerless.
在他向一位非利士妇女大利拉透露了头发是他的力量之源这一秘密后，大利拉趁他熟睡时剪掉他的头发，让他失去了力量。
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3. Who is this uncircumcised philistine that he should defy the armies of the living God?
这未受割礼的非利士人是谁呢？ 竟敢向永生神的军队骂阵吗？
- Philistine Old Testament people of coastal Palestine who made war on the Israelites, early 14c., from Old French Philistin, from Late Latin Philistinus, from Late Greek Philistinoi (plural), from Hebrew P'lishtim, "people of P'lesheth" ("Philistia"); compare Akkad. Palastu, Egyptian Palusata; the word probably is the people's name for itself.
- philistine (n.) "person deficient in liberal culture," 1827, originally in Carlyle, popularized by him and Matthew Arnold, from German Philister "enemy of God's word," literally "Philistine," inhabitants of a Biblical land, neighbors (and enemies) of Israel (see Philistine). Popularized in German student slang (supposedly first in Jena, late 17c.) as a contemptuous term for "townies," and hence, by extension, "any uncultured person." Philistine had been used in a humorous figurative sense of "the enemy" in English from c. 1600.
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