ascetic

英 [əˈsetɪk] 美 [əˈsetɪk]

adj.  过清苦生活的; (尤指)苦行的; 禁欲的
n.  苦行者,禁欲者,禁欲主义者

复数:ascetics

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BNC.19696 / COCA.18114



牛津词典

adj.

  1. 过清苦生活的;(尤指)苦行的;禁欲的
    not allowing yourself physical pleasures, especially for religious reasons; related to a simple and strict way of living
    1. The monks lived a very ascetic life.
      僧侣过着很清苦的生活。

柯林斯词典

  1. ADJ-GRADED (通常因为宗教信仰)苦行的,禁欲的
    An ascetic person has a way of life that is simple and strict, usually because of their religious beliefs.
    1. 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。
    2. ...priests practising an ascetic life.
      过着苦行修道生活的教士们
    3. ...his bony, ascetic face.
      他瘦削的像苦行僧一样的脸庞
    4. An ascetic is someone who is ascetic.
      苦行者;禁欲者;生活清苦的人
    5. 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。

双语例句

  1. 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。
  2. For his perseverance, Liao even got the nickname ascetic monk for art.
    因为他的坚持,廖凡甚至被冠以艺术苦行僧的绰号。
  3. I truly was inspired, and despite my ascetic lifestyle, I knew thats what I had to do to maintain the grace in my words with which I wanted my readers to eventually be touched.
    写作时,我确实是文思泉涌。虽然我过着苦行僧般的生活,但我深知为保持文字的优美流畅我必须这么做,我希望我的文字最终能够感动读者。
  4. We start the year like ascetic monks and by February we discover that the monastic life isn't for us.
    我们以苦行僧的姿态开始了新的一年,而到2月份之前,却发现这种生活并不适合我们。
  5. It is my firm resolve that if I cannot find a shady shelter and a companion for my penance, I shall never turn ascetic.
    这是我坚定的决心,如果我找不到一个荫凉的住处和一个忏悔的伴侣,我将永远不会变成一个苦行者。
  6. I shall never be an ascetic if she does not take the vow with me.
    我将永不做一个苦行者,假如她不和我一同受戒。
  7. There's something of the ascetic about Mr martin.
    马丁先生颇有点苦行僧的品质。
  8. Due to exhaustion and years of ascetic life, he became a bag of bones and very weak.
    六年苦行,他瘦得皮包骨头,身体非常虚弱。
  9. We normally see an ascetic ( Sadhu) meditating in a Yogic pose.
    我们通常会看见一个苦行者(萨胡)以瑜伽的姿势来冥想。
  10. This is achieved by strict celibacy and ascetic practices.
    这是通过严格的独身和禁欲主义的做法。
  11. At times, so tightly did they draw, the mouth became stern and harsh, even ascetic.
    这是至今所采用的最严厉的禁烟立法了。有时那嘴抿得很紧,便显得严厉、凶狠!甚至带禁欲主义的苛刻。
  12. What is it about the ancient culture, what is it about these people that caused them not only to be converted to Christianity but to be converted especially to a form of it that was radically ascetic?
    这种古代文化有何特别之处,这些人有何特别之处,以致他们不仅皈依了基督教,而是皈依于一种,严格禁欲的基督教形式?
  13. And so did Miss Constance Schuyler, with her dim, ascetic beauty, seated at his side.
    以及坐在他一旁的美得朦胧克制的康斯坦斯·斯凯勒小姐。
  14. By that time, the two major disciplines for the sake of enlightenment were meditation and ascetic austeritics.
    那时候,两个主要的训练是为了启迪而设的,是静心和苦行。
  15. Their fasts are more rigid, and their other ascetic exercises stricter.
    他们的斋戒是更严格的,他们的其他苦行演习严格。
  16. Her sister is extrovert and funloving, while she is ascetic and strict.
    她妹妹性格外向,爱寻求欢乐,而她崇尚苦行,生活严谨。
  17. Early Christian austerities His thin, ascetic face mirrows an intensity of thought.
    早期基督教徒的苦行他那苦行僧似的瘦脸反映出他正在冥思苦索。
  18. Fenton was a thin, balding and ascetic man.
    芬顿身材瘦削,秃顶,是个清心寡欲的人。
  19. They are not ascetic, and consider fasting silly.
    他们不是禁欲主义者,把斋戒看成是傻事。
  20. He has spent most of his adult life living as an ascetic.
    他在成年的大部分时间中都过着苦行者的日子。
  21. He subjected himself to a strenuous ascetic discipline.
    他潜心于紧张的苦行修炼。
  22. No, my friends, I shall never be an ascetic, whatever you may say.
    不,我的朋友,我永不会做一个苦行者,随便你怎么说。
  23. An early Christian ascetic who lived on top of high pillars.
    早先居住在高柱子顶端的基督教苦行修道者。
  24. He approached the Buddha and said to him: "May be you've seen my oxen, ascetic?"
    他走向佛陀说:‘沙门,也许你已经看到我的牛了吧!’
  25. Fenton, thin, balding and ascetic, was another veteran.
    芬顿身材瘦削,秃顶,是个清心寡欲的人,也是一个老手了。
  26. Stalin, the ascetic Bolshevik never gave his family any power.
    斯大林这位苦行僧式的布尔什维克从未给予家人任何权力。
  27. The Master praised his ascetic habit and attributed it to the spiritual disciplines of his past life.
    师父称赞他的苦修习惯,把它归因于早年的灵性训练。
  28. Paul and the good guys are all ascetic.
    保罗和所有好人都是禁欲的。
  29. Vanamee turned his lean ascetic face toward him, his black eyes fixed attentively.
    伐那米把一张苦行僧似的消瘦的脸转过来,一双黑眼睛全神贯注的盯着他望。
  30. The ascetic saint and the detached sage fail in this respect to be complete human beings.
    禁欲主义的圣徒和超然独处的贤哲在这方面算不上完整的人。