epicurean

英 [ˌepɪkjʊəˈriːən]

美 [ˌepɪkjʊˈriːən]

adj.  享乐的; 吃喝玩乐的

GRE

COCA.32071

牛津词典

adj.

• 享乐的；吃喝玩乐的
  devoted to pleasure and enjoying yourself

柯林斯词典

• ADJ （食物）美味的，可口的；（尤指）稀奇的
  Epicureanfood is of very good quality, especially unusual or rare food.
  1. ...an epicurean dish.
     一盘佳肴

英英释义

noun

• a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink)
  Synonym:epicuregourmetgastronomebon vivantfoodie

adj

• displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses
  1. an epicurean banquet
  2. enjoyed a luxurious suite with a crystal chandelier and thick oriental rugs
  3. Lucullus spent the remainder of his days in voluptuous magnificence
  4. a chinchilla robe of sybaritic lavishness
  Synonym:luxuriousluxuriantsybariticvoluptuaryvoluptuous
• devoted to pleasure
  1. a hedonic thrill
  2. lives of unending hedonistic delight
  3. epicurean pleasures
  Synonym:hedonichedonistic

双语例句

• There are those, of course, who would adopt the epicurean motto of "Eat, drink, and be merry", most people would be chastened by the certainty of impending death.
  当然，也有一些人一生只是“吃、喝、享受”，然而，大多数人们在得知死亡的确存在时都会有所收敛。
• But his eudemonism was not epicurean hedonism, because eudemonia was an activity.
  但他的幸福观不是享乐主义的快乐论，因为幸福是实现活动。
• I had an epicurean feast.
  我吃了一顿丰盛的宴席。
• Hamburgers and fries were n ootreally suited to his epicurean tastes.
  汉堡包和炸薯条并不真正对他美食家的胃口。
• Epicurean doctrines on religion and death helped to alleviate many pains from people at his times, and had great bearings on the upcoming bourgeois enlightenment in which some thinkers fought against Christian religion and advocated human nature and humanism.
  伊壁鸠鲁对宗教和死亡的论证有利于缓解那个时代人的许多痛苦，同时对后来资产阶级启蒙思想家反基督教，张扬人性，提倡人道主义意义很大。
• An alternative epicurean pleasure can be achieved by carefully contrasting the mouthfeel of a dish with a water's carbonation.
  作为一种美食享受，可以通过仔细配对不同的菜与碳酸水，来进行细致的对比。
• Through our illumination of the prolepsis of "God", we find that Epicurean Epistemology and Epicurus 'Theology are united as a whole.
  并且通过对于神的prolepsis的阐明，我们看到伊壁鸠鲁的认识论和神学是统一的整体。
• The Epicurean Bull will most likely be found savoring succulent three-course meals at posh five-star restaurants.
  我们最有可能在奢华的五星饭店里找到正享受美味多汁的膳食的牛儿了。
• The Epicurean philosophers, the Stoic philosophers, again, are very famous schools of philosophy.
  还有伊鸠派哲人和斯多格派哲人，也是非常有名的哲学流派。
• It seemed that his route to the coveted island was not to be an epicurean one.
  看来他渴望去的那个岛不能以这种享乐方式达到。