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词典解释
网络解释
1. （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.
e.g. 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。
e.g. ...priests practising an ascetic life.
过着苦行修道生活的教士们
1. 苦行僧：走这条道路的人通常是清教徒、苦行僧(ascetic)和瑜伽练习者,他们倾向于贬低甚至否认身体、感觉、性、尘世和肉体等的存在. 他们追求在天国、来世里,而不是在这个现实世界里得到超度. 他们把大精神的展现或轮回都看成是罪恶的、虚无的东西.
2. 苦行的：咒语 spell | 苦行的 ascetic | 永生 immortality
3. 禁欲者：hedonism享乐主义 | ascetic禁欲者 | heresy异教
经典引文
The old Ascetick christians found a paradise in a desert.
出自：Sir T. BrowneHe wore a perfectly plain, almost ascetic dark suit.
出自：R. RendellHis face seeming ascetic until cheered by a smile.
出自：W. Trevor