ascetic

英[ə'setɪk] 美[ə'setɪk]
  • adj. 禁欲的
  • n. 苦行者
GRE
星级词汇:
Noun:
  1. someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline

Adjective:
  1. pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic or the practice of rigorous self-discipline;

    "ascetic practices"

  2. practicing great self-denial;

    "Be systematically ascetic...do...something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it"
    "a desert nomad's austere life"
    "a spartan diet"
    "a spartan existence"

1. The monks lived a very ascetic life.
僧侣过着很清苦的生活。

来自《权威词典》

2. The hermit followed an ascetic life - style.
这个隐士过的是苦行生活.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. He left the luxuries of the court for the life of an ascetic.
他放弃了宫廷的奢华,过起了清贫的生活。

来自柯林斯例句

4. She has never been close to her ascetic, workaholic father.
她从来没有和她那个清心寡欲、只顾工作的父亲亲近过。

来自辞典例句

5. His thin, ascetic face mirrows an intensity of thought.
他那苦行僧似的瘦脸反映出他正在冥思苦索.

来自辞典例句

    用作形容词 (adj.)
    1. This is achieved by strict celibacy and ascetic practices.
      这要通过严厉的独身生活和禁欲修行而达到。
    用作名词 (n.)
    1. Rabia went into the desert to pray and became an ascetic.
      随后拉比尔走进沙漠祈祷,从此成为苦行者。