ascetic

[US]/əˈsetɪk/
[UK]/əˈsetɪk/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. 苦行的;禁欲主义的
n. 禁欲者;苦行者
Word Forms
复数ascetics

Phrases & Collocations

ascetic lifestyle

禁欲生活

ascetic practices

苦行修行

ascetic diet

苦行飲食

ascetic monk

苦行僧

ascetic discipline

苦行操守

Example Sentences

a person of ascetic habits.

节欲苦行的人

an ascetic life of prayer, fasting, and manual labour.

以祈祷、斋戒和劳动为内容的苦修生活。

everyone, bar a few ascetics, thinks it desirable.

除了几个苦行者,大家都认为不错。

The hermit followed an ascetic life-style.

这个隐士过的是苦行生活。

He inspired other ascetics and is called Simeon the Elder to distinguish him from a 6th-century stylite of the same name.

他激励了其他的苦行修士,人们称他为老圣西门以区别于6世纪时一个同样名字的柱头修士。

Real-world Examples

He imagined another kind of religion and became very ascetic.

他设想了另一种宗教 成为禁欲主义者。

Source: Yale University Open Course: European Civilization (Audio Version)

If we deliberately seek the absolute bottom, we become ascetics.

如果我们刻意追求绝对的底端,我们就变成了苦行僧。

Source: The wisdom of Laozi's life.

It has nothing to do with any ascetic personal style or with being self-effacing.

它既不是苦行僧一样的禁欲,也不是自我谦卑。

Source: Deep Dive into the Movie World (LSOO)

But in an example to ascetics everywhere, that meal need not be dreary just because it is spare.

但对于各地的苦行僧来说,那顿饭不会仅仅因为它是简朴的就令人沮丧。

Source: The Economist (Summary)

Diogenes disciplined himself through rigorous ascetic training and learned to live life without any luxuries — physical or psychological.

第欧根尼通过严格的苦行训练来约束自己,并学会了在没有任何奢华物品的情况下生活——无论是身体上还是心理上。

Source: Tales of Imagination and Creativity

I am still a Samana, he thought, I am still an ascetic and beggar.

我还是沙门,他想,我还是苦行僧和乞丐。

Source: Siddhartha (Original Version)

Recently, the president ascribed the ascension of crime to ascetics.

近来,总统把犯罪的升高归于禁欲主义者。

Source: Pan Pan

But we’re not talking about fun populist religion, we’re talking about old-school ascetic Buddhism.

但我们不是在谈论有趣的民粹主义宗教,而是在谈论老派的苦行佛教。

Source: World History Crash Course

In Jesus' time it was a gathering place for itinerant religious ascetics and herders of the desert.

在耶稣时代, 这里是流动宗教苦行者和沙漠牧民的聚集地。

Source: The Book of Jade and Silk

And it is the same in other directions; you will find us neither profligate nor ascetic.

其他方向也一样;你会发现我们既不挥霍也不禁欲。

Source: The Disappearing Horizon

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