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.

• 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

• ADJ-GRADED （通常因为宗教信仰）苦行的，禁欲的
  Anasceticperson 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. Anasceticis 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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Paul and the good guys are all ascetic.
  保罗和所有好人都是禁欲的。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He subjected himself to a strenuous ascetic discipline.
  他潜心于紧张的苦行修炼。