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　

GRE

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.
  1. ...a philistine government that allowed the arts to decline.
     任由艺术衰颓的庸俗政府
  2. ...a philistine city lacking in elegance.
     难登大雅之堂的平庸城市

英英释义

noun

• a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits
  Synonym:anti-intellectuallowbrow

adj

• smug and ignorant and indifferent or hostile to artistic and cultural values
  Synonym:anti-intellectual

双语例句

• And when Saul saw David going out against the philistine, he said to abner, the captain of the army, abner, whose son is this young man? And Abner said, on your life, o king, I have no idea.
  扫罗看见大卫去攻击非利士人，就问元帅押尼珥说，押尼珥阿，那少年人是谁的儿子。押尼珥说，我敢在王面前起誓，我不知道。
• When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them on the road through the Philistine country, though that was shorter.
  法老容百姓去的时候，非利士地的道路虽近，上帝却不领他们从那里走；
• When he revealed to a Philistine woman, Delilah, that his hair was the source of his strength, she shaved his head while he was sleeping, leaving him powerless.
  在他向一位非利士妇女大利拉透露了头发是他的力量之源这一秘密后，大利拉趁他熟睡时剪掉他的头发，让他失去了力量。
• I believe he seriously thinks me an awful Philistine.
  我相信，他真的认为我是个不可救药的庸人。
• 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。
• He perished under the hail of philistine arrows at the battle of Mount gilboa.
  在吉尔伯山战役中，他丧命于非利士人的乱箭下。
• And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
  非利士人就指着自己的神咒诅大卫。
• And he inquired of the Lord for him, and gave him victuals, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.
  撒上22：10亚希米勒为他求问耶和华、又给他食物、并给他杀非利士人歌利亚的刀。
• He walked bravely towards the Philistine army.
  他勇敢地朝着腓利士的军队走过去。
• For forty days the Philistine came forward every morning and evening and took his stand.
  那非利士人早晚都出来站着，如此四十日。