| 单词 | ascetic |
| 释义 | ascetic[ uh-set-ik ] / əˈsɛt ɪk / SEE SYNONYMS FOR ascetic ON THESAURUS.COM nouna person who dedicates his or her life to a pursuit of contemplative ideals and practices extreme self-denial or self-mortification for religious reasons. a person who leads an austerely simple life, especially one who abstains from the normal pleasures of life or denies himself or herself material satisfaction. (in the early Christian church) a monk; hermit. adjective Also as·cet·i·cal.relating to asceticism, the doctrine that one can reach a high spiritual state through the practice of extreme self-denial or self-mortification. rigorously abstinent; austere: an ascetic existence. exceedingly strict or severe in religious exercises or self-mortification. Origin of asceticFirst recorded in 1640–50; from Greek askētikós “subject to rigorous exercise, hardworking,” equivalent to askē- (see ascesis) + -tikos adjective suffix; see -tic SYNONYMS FOR ascetic3 anchorite, recluse; cenobite. 5 strict, frugal, plain. 6 fanatic. SEE SYNONYMS FOR ascetic ON THESAURUS.COM ANTONYMS FOR ascetic5 self-indulgent. SEE ANTONYMS FOR ascetic ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM asceticWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH asceticacetic, aesthetic, asceticWords nearby asceticAscensiontide, ascensive, ascent, ascertain, ascesis, ascetic, asceticism, Asch, Aschaffenburg, Ascham, aschelminth Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for asceticBritish Dictionary definitions for asceticascetic / (əˈsɛtɪk) / nouna person who practises great self-denial and austerities and abstains from worldly comforts and pleasures, esp for religious reasons (in the early Christian Church) a monk adjective Also: as'ceticalrigidly abstinent or abstemious; austere of or relating to ascetics or asceticism intensely rigorous in religious austerities Derived forms of asceticascetically, adverbWord Origin for asceticC17: from Greek askētikos, from askētēs, from askein to exercise Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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