philistine

英 [ˈfɪlɪstaɪn]

美 [ˈfɪlɪstiːn]

n.  对文化艺术无知的人; 文化修养低的人
adj.  市侩的，庸俗的，低级的

复数：philistines　

GRE

BNC.20080 / COCA.22399

牛津词典

noun

• 对文化艺术无知的人；文化修养低的人
  a person who does not like or understand art, literature, music, etc.

柯林斯词典

• 庸俗之辈，平庸之人（指不喜欢或不了解严肃艺术、文学和音乐的人）
  If you call someone aphilistine, you mean that they do not care about or understand good art, music, or literature, and do not think that they are important.
• ADJ-GRADED 庸俗的；平庸的
  You can usephilistineto describe people or organizations who you think do not care about or understand the value of good art, music, or literature.
  1. ...a philistine government that allowed the arts to decline.
     任由艺术衰颓的庸俗政府
  2. ...a philistine city lacking in elegance.
     难登大雅之堂的平庸城市

英英释义

noun

• a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits
  Synonym:anti-intellectuallowbrow

adj

• smug and ignorant and indifferent or hostile to artistic and cultural values
  Synonym:anti-intellectual

双语例句

• And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.
  那非利士人又说，我今日向以色列人的军队骂阵。你们叫一个人出来，与我战斗。
• When he revealed to a Philistine woman, Delilah, that his hair was the source of his strength, she shaved his head while he was sleeping, leaving him powerless.
  在他向一位非利士妇女大利拉透露了头发是他的力量之源这一秘密后，大利拉趁他熟睡时剪掉他的头发，让他失去了力量。
• But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him.
  但洗鲁雅的儿子亚比筛帮助大卫，攻打非利士人，将他杀死。
• Today I will give the carcasses of the Philistine army to the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth, and the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel.
  我必杀你，斩你的头，又将非利士军兵的尸首给空中的飞鸟，地上的野兽吃，使普天下的人都知道以色列中有神。
• Giant from Gath a Royal Philistine city.
  他是非利士的皇族城迦特人。
• And the Philistine said to david, am I a dog, that you come out to me with sticks? And the Philistine put curses on David by all his gods.
  非利士人对大卫说，你拿杖到我这里来，我岂是狗呢？非利士人就指着自己的神咒诅大卫。
• There was a philistine named goliath.
  有一个菲利士人名叫戈利亚斯。
• She lived in the Valley of the River Sorek, which was definitely in Philistine territory.
  她住在梭烈谷，那里肯定是非利士人的领土。
• Mr Prescott may be a business pragmatist, but he is not a philistine.
  普雷斯科特也许是一个奉行实用主义的商人，但他却不是个俗人。
• For forty days the Philistine came forward every morning and evening and took his stand.
  那非利士人早晚都出来站着，如此四十日。