Philistine

英 ['fɪlɪstaɪn] 美 ['fɪlɪstiːn]

• adj. 市侩的
• n. 非利士人；平庸的人

英英释义

Noun:

1. a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits

2. a member of an Aegean people who settled ancient Philistia around the 12th century BC

Adjective:

1. of or relating to ancient Philistia or its culture or its people

2. smug and ignorant and indifferent or hostile to artistic and cultural values

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. Time curbed the artist's pride and the philistine's vulgarity.
   时间限制了艺术家的骄傲和市侩的鄙俗。

用作名词 (n.)

1. After that you will go to Gibeah of God, where there is a Philistine outpost.
   此后你到神的山，在那里有非利士人的防兵。
2. At that time David was in the stronghold, and the Philistine garrison was at Bethlehem.
   那时大卫在山寨，非利士人的防营在伯利恒。

经典引文

• The students were philistines who neither appreciated..music..nor..read his sort of books.

  出自： G. Sayer

词汇搭配

• fall among Philistine 大吃苦头

近反义词

【近义词】

• anti-intellectual 反对知识分子的...
• lowbrow 教养浅薄的