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
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.- ...a philistine government that allowed the arts to decline.
任由艺术衰颓的庸俗政府 - ...a philistine city lacking in elegance.
难登大雅之堂的平庸城市
- ...a philistine government that allowed the arts to decline.
英英释义
noun
- a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits
adj
- smug and ignorant and indifferent or hostile to artistic and cultural values
双语例句
- Who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he should defy the armies of the living God?
这未受割礼的非利士人是谁呢？竟敢向永生神的军队骂阵吗？ - Giant from Gath a Royal Philistine city.
他是非利士的皇族城迦特人。 - The Philistine army should have surrendered and not run away.
非利士的军队照理要投降，不应该逃走。 - 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。 - There was a philistine named goliath.
有一个菲利士人名叫戈利亚斯。 - 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。 - And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
非利士人就指着自己的神咒诅大卫。 - Your mother's brother ned is also a philistine.
你舅舅尼德也是个庸人。 - Cunning words, foul language, and philistine habits must be avoided at all costs.
奸诈狡猾的言语，肮脏丑恶的言词以及市井小人不良的习气一定要戒除。 - Am I not a Philistine, and are you not the servants of Saul?
我不是非利士人吗？你们不是扫罗的仆人吗？