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
- And David took the head of the philistine, and brought it to jerusalem; but he put his armour in his tent.
大卫将那非利士人的头拿到耶路撒冷，却将他军装放在自己的帐棚里。 - David saw two men standing in front of the Philistine army.
大卫看到两个站在腓利士军队前面的人。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - The philistine is often a snob.
庸人往往是势利鬼。 - The Philistine army should have surrendered and not run away.
非利士的军队照理要投降，不应该逃走。 - 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； - As the Philistine moved closer to attack him, David ran quickly toward the battle line to meet him.
非利士人起身，迎着大卫前来。大卫急忙迎着非利士人，往战场跑去。