Philistine
- n. 非利士人（古代巴勒斯坦南部非闪族人）
- n. （philistine）对文学艺术无知的人，没有文化修养的人，庸人，市侩
- adj. （philistine）不懂或不关心文学艺术的，庸俗的
英英释义
Philistine [ 'filistain; fi'listin ]
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n.
a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits
同义词： anti-intellectual lowbrow
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adj.
- of or relating to ancient Philistia or the culture of the Philistines
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smug and ignorant and indifferent or hostile to artistic and cultural values
同义词： anti-intellectual
以上来源于: WordNet
柯林斯英汉双解大词典
philistine /ˈfɪlɪstaɪn/
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N-COUNT If you call someone a philistine, you mean that they do not care about or understand good art, music, or literature, and do not think that they are important. 市侩; 平庸之人 [表不满]
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ADJ You can use philistine to describe people or organizations who you think do not care about or understand the value of good art, music, or literature. 庸俗的; 平庸的; 可用来指不关心或不懂得艺术、音乐或文学价值的人 [ADJ n] [表不满]
例：...a philistine government that allowed the arts to decline.
...一个任由艺术衰颓的庸俗政府。
双语例句原声例句权威例句
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The Philistine is often a snob.
庸人往往是势利鬼。
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Samson went down to Timnah and saw there a young Philistine woman.
参孙下到亭拿，在那里看见一个女子，是非利士人的女儿。
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And so a group if these sea peoples comes in and occupies this area They will be the Philistines, the area that is now the Gaza Strip And they found the five Philistine cities that you will hear about increasingly in the book of Judges: Gaza, Ashkelon, Gath, Ashdod and Ekron.
这样一个部族，如果海上来的民族到达并占领此地,他们就是腓利士人，而这地区就是现在的加沙地带,他们发现了五座腓利士城市,你们在《士师记》中会经常听到这些名字：,加沙，阿什克伦，迦特，阿什杜德，以革伦。
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