sybarite
sybarite 英 ['sɪbəraɪt] 美 ['sɪbəˌraɪt]
n. 爱奢侈享乐的人
名词复数:sybarites
- If you know someone who's totally addicted to luxurious things and all of life's pleasures, call her a sybarite. Unless she's inviting you over for champagne brunches and showering you with gifts — in which case you should keep your mouth shut.
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- n. 爱奢侈享乐的人
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1. A visit to Mr. Harcourt Talboys was perhaps rather more like a return to boyhood and boarding-school than is quite consonant with the sybarite view of human enjoyment.
到哈考特·托尔博伊斯家作客，与其说是同锡巴里斯人①关于人生享乐的观点十分吻合，倒不如说是回到了童年和寄宿学校的时代。
- sybarite (n.) "person devoted to pleasure," 1590s, literally "inhabitant of Sybaris," ancient Greek town in southern Italy, whose people were noted for their love of luxury. From Latin Sybarita, from Greek Sybarites.
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