ascetic

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

Translation

adj. 苦行的;禁慾主義的
n. 禁慾者;苦行者
Word Forms
複數ascetics

Phrases & Collocations

ascetic lifestyle

禁慾生活

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.

節慾苦行的人

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

以祈禱、齋戒和勞動爲內容的苦修生活。

everyone, bar a few ascetics, thinks it desirable.

除了幾個苦行者,大家都認爲不錯。

The hermit followed an ascetic life-style.

這個隱士過的是苦行生活。

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

他激勵了其他的苦行修士,人們稱他爲老聖西門以區別於6世紀時一個同樣名字的柱頭修士。

Real-world Examples

He imagined another kind of religion and became very ascetic.

他設想了另一種宗教 成爲禁慾主義者。

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

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

如果我們刻意追求絕對的底端,我們就變成了苦行僧。

Source: The wisdom of Laozi's life.

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

它既不是苦行僧一樣的禁慾,也不是自我謙卑。

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.

但對於各地的苦行僧來說,那頓飯不會僅僅因爲它是簡樸的就令人沮喪。

Source: The Economist (Summary)

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

第歐根尼通過嚴格的苦行訓練來約束自己,並學會了在沒有任何奢華物品的情況下生活——無論是身體上還是心理上。

Source: Tales of Imagination and Creativity

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

我還是沙門,他想,我還是苦行僧和乞丐。

Source: Siddhartha (Original Version)

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

近來,總統把犯罪的升高歸於禁慾主義者。

Source: Pan Pan

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

但我們不是在談論有趣的民粹主義宗教,而是在談論老派的苦行佛教。

Source: World History Crash Course

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

在耶穌時代, 這裏是流動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.

其他方向也一樣;你會發現我們既不揮霍也不禁慾。

Source: The Disappearing Horizon

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