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philistine

/ˈfɪlɪstaɪn/ /-lə-/

Meanings
noun

庸人，俗人，没有文化修养的人。

A person who is ignorant or uneducated; specifically, a person who lacks appreciation of or is antagonistic towards art or culture, and who has pedestrian tastes.

Examples :

"The new art student found the philistine comments from her aunt about the modern painting incredibly frustrating. "
新来的艺术系学生觉得她姑妈对那幅现代画的庸俗评论让她非常沮丧。
culture person attitude character society

Related Words

Illustration painting

painting verb

/ˈpeɪn.tɪŋ/

绘画, 涂, 刷.

"My sister is painting her bedroom walls a cheerful yellow. "

我妹妹正在把她的卧室墙壁刷成令人愉悦的黄色。

Illustration antagonistic

antagonistic adjective

/æn.tæ.ɡə.ˈnɪs.tɪk/

对抗的，敌对的。

"The siblings were antagonistic toward each other, constantly arguing and competing for attention. "

这些兄弟姐妹之间互相敌对，总是争吵不休，并争夺注意力。

Illustration uneducated

uneducated adjective

/ʌnˈɛdjʊkeɪtɪd/ /ʌnˈɛdʒəkeɪtɪd/

没受过教育的，缺乏教育的

"The uneducated farmer struggled to read the instructions on the seed packet. "

那个没受过教育的农民很难读懂种子包装袋上的说明。

Illustration dismissed

dismissed verb

/dɪsˈmɪst/

解雇，开除.

"The company dismissed me after less than a year."

公司在不到一年后就把我解雇了.

Illustration revealing

revealing verb

/ɹəˈviːlɪŋ/

揭示，显露。

"The magician was revealing his trick by showing how the disappearing box worked. "

这位魔术师正在揭示他的魔术，通过展示那个消失的箱子是如何运作的。

Illustration ignorant

ignorant noun

/ˈɪɡnəɹənt/

无知的人，愚昧者.

"The ignorant was easily confused by the complicated math problem. "

无知的人很容易被复杂的数学问题搞糊涂。

Illustration incredibly

incredibly adverb

/ɪŋˈkɹɛdɪbli/

难以置信地，令人难以置信地。

"The teacher's presentation was incredibly engaging; everyone listened intently. "

老师的讲解令人难以置信地引人入胜，每个人都听得非常专注。

Illustration specifically

specifically adverb

/spəˈsɪf.ɪk.li/

特别地，专门地，明确地。

"My teacher explained the new math formula specifically for students in the advanced class. "

我的老师专门为提高班的学生讲解了新的数学公式。

Illustration frustrating

frustrating verb

/fɹʌˈstɹeɪ̯tɪŋ/

令人沮丧，使灰心。

"It frustrates me to do all this work and then lose it all."

做这么多工作，结果全丢了，这真让我沮丧。

Illustration pedestrian

pedestrian noun

/pəˈdɛst.ɹi.ən/

行人，步行者

"The pedestrian crossing is the safest way to get to school. "

行人过马路最安全的方式就是走人行横道。

Illustration appreciation

appreciation noun

/əˌpɹiː.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃən/

欣赏， 赞赏.

"We give to you this trophy as a token of our appreciation of all your years of service."

我们把这个奖杯赠予您，以此表达我们对您多年服务的赞赏和肯定。

Illustration comments

comments noun

/ˈkɒmɛnts/ /ˈkɑmɛnts/

评论，意见。

"I have no comment on that."

我对此无可奉告。