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call sb a philistine
call 后接宾语和宾语补足语，philistine 在此作可数名词，表示“俗人”。也可用 consider sb a philistine。
They called him a philistine because he did not appreciate the artwork.
他们因为他欣赏不了那件艺术品而称他为俗人。
庸人；俗气的人
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
庸人；俗气的人
a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits
They called him a philistine because he did not appreciate the artwork.
他们因为他欣赏不了那件艺术品而称他为俗人。
对智力追求不感兴趣的人
a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits
约公元前12世纪定居于古代非利士的愛琴海民族成员
a member of an Aegean people who settled ancient Philistia around the 12th century BC
My uncle is a philistine who never reads books or visits museums.
我叔叔是个庸人，从不读书，也从不参观博物馆。
She called the critics philistines because they dismissed the art exhibition without understanding it.
她称那些评论家为俗人，因为他们不理解展览就贬低它。
He admitted he was a philistine when it came to classical music, preferring pop songs.
他承认自己对于古典音乐是个门外汉，更喜欢流行歌曲。
call 后接宾语和宾语补足语，philistine 在此作可数名词，表示“俗人”。也可用 consider sb a philistine。
They called him a philistine because he did not appreciate the artwork.
他们因为他欣赏不了那件艺术品而称他为俗人。
这是 be + 名词表语结构。复数形式为 philistines，例如 Plenty of philistines live there。
Don't be a philistine; read the poem before you judge it.
别当俗人，先读读这首诗再下结论。
形容词 philistine 用于 it is philistine to do sth 句型，表示“做某事显得庸俗/没修养”。
It is philistine to dismiss all abstract art as meaningless.
把所有抽象艺术都视为无意义，那是很没教养的。
Not this
He behaves like philistine at art exhibitions.
Use this
He behaves like a philistine at art exhibitions.
philistine 作可数名词表示‘庸人’时，单数前需加不定冠词 a，介词 like 后不能用光杆单数名词；中文无冠词，所以容易漏掉 a。
Not this
There are many philistine in the audience.
Use this
There are many philistines in the audience.
philistine 表示‘庸人’时为可数名词，many 后须用复数形式 philistines；中文名词无复数变化，导致漏加 -s。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
低级趣味；庸俗的品味
His philistine tastes made him unpopular among the art students.
他庸俗的品味使他在艺术生中不受欢迎。
对文化艺术漠然的态度；庸俗的态度
She was disappointed by his philistine attitude towards literature.
她对他对待文学的庸俗态度感到失望。
庸俗文化
The novel criticizes the philistine culture of the suburbs.
这部小说批评了郊区的庸俗文化。
十足的庸人；对艺术完全不感兴趣的人
He is a complete philistine when it comes to art.
他在艺术方面是个十足的庸人。
庸俗价值观
They abandoned their ideals for philistine values of money and status.
他们放弃了理想，转而追求金钱和地位的庸俗价值观。
那些最相信我们的伟大和福祉是由我们非常富有来证明的人，那些把一生和心思都用在做发财上的人，正是我们称之为“庸人”的那些人。
Matthew Arnold used this famous sentence in Culture and Anarchy (1869) to criticize the British middle class as philistines, giving the word its modern meaning of a person with no respect for intellectual or artistic culture.
马修·阿诺德在《文化与无政府状态》（1869年）中用这句名言批评英国中产阶级为“庸人”，赋予了这个词现代意义，指不尊重知识或文化艺术的人。
Use Philistine naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
philistine 谐音‘费理思听’，对讲道理（理）与思考（思）都懒得听，正是庸人俗气。
语域：formal 常见场景：literary criticism、cultural commentary、formal writing 该词作名词时表示“不关心文化或学术追求的人”，带贬义；语气较正式，多用于书面评论、文化讨论等场合，日常口语中较少用。
这些词都不与 /ˈfɪləˌstin/ 完全押韵（重音元音不同）。其中 'destine' 与 'philistine' 的 -stine 读音相近（/stin/）；'pristine' 的 -stine 读 /stiːn/（长音）；'fine' 和 'line' 读 /aɪn/；'engine' 和 'discipline' 的 -ine 读 /ɪn/。注意拼写相似但发音不同。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, OCTANOVE, WIKTIONARY.