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
- So David overcame the Philistine with his leather band and a stone, wounding the Philistine and causing his death: but David had no sword in his hand.
这样，大卫用机弦甩石，胜了那非利士人，打死他。大卫手中却没有刀。 - 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？ - 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？ - 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； - Giant from Gath a Royal Philistine city.
他是非利士的皇族城迦特人。 - And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
非利士人就指着自己的神咒诅大卫。 - When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid.
11扫罗和以色列众人听见非利士人的这些话，就惊惶，极其害怕。 - 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。 - Mr Prescott may be a business pragmatist, but he is not a philistine.
普雷斯科特也许是一个奉行实用主义的商人，但他却不是个俗人。 - The philistine is often a snob.
庸人往往是势利鬼。