Word · Frequency #19696

ascetics

/əˈsetɪk/

noun

苦行者；禁欲者

ascetics is the plural of ascetic.

a person who practices strict self-denial, especially as a spiritual discipline

1.
One who is devoted to the practice of self-denial, either through seclusion or stringent abstinence.
苦行者,禁欲者
2.
someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline
以自我克制作为精神修行的人

苦行者,禁欲者；以自我克制作为精神修行的人；苦行者；禁欲者；修道者

In use

The ascetic lived in a small hut, meditating for hours each day.

这位苦行者住在一间小茅屋里，每天打坐数小时。

Many ascetics choose to give up all material possessions.

许多苦行者选择放弃所有物质财产。

By wearing simple robes and eating only once a day, he became a true ascetic.

通过穿着简朴的袍子并每天只吃一顿饭，他成为了一名真正的苦行者。

a wandering ascetic: 游方苦行者; The wandering ascetic stopped at the village to ask for food.那位游方苦行者在村里停下来讨要食物。
a Hindu ascetic: 印度教苦行者; A Hindu ascetic lives a life of renunciation.印度教苦行者过着弃绝的生活。
a Christian ascetic: 基督教苦行者; The Christian ascetic devoted himself to prayer and fasting.那位基督教苦行者专心于祈祷和禁食。
become an ascetic: 成为苦行者; He gave up all his possessions to become an ascetic.他放弃所有财产，成为一位苦行者。
live as an ascetic: 过苦行者般的生活; She lived as an ascetic, sleeping on a simple mat.她过着苦行者般的生活，睡在简陋的席子上。

苦行者 ascetic 可记成 'a set'：他为自己‘设定’了一套禁欲克己的戒律。

语域：formal 常见场景：宗教或哲学讨论、历史传记或文学描写作名词时通常用于正式或书面语境，多出现在宗教、哲学或历史类话题中，日常口语里较少单独使用。

可数名词，指通过自我克制进行精神修行的人。

以上单词的重读音节都含有 /ɛtɪk/，所以都与 ascetic 押韵。注意：acetic /əˈsiːtɪk/ 与 ascetic 拼写相似，但读作长音 /iː/，不押韵。

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