philistines

英 [ˈfɪlɪstaɪnz]

美 [ˈfɪləˌstinz]

n.  对文化艺术无知的人; 文化修养低的人
philistine的复数

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.
  1. ...a philistine government that allowed the arts to decline.
     任由艺术衰颓的庸俗政府
  2. ...a philistine city lacking in elegance.
     难登大雅之堂的平庸城市

双语例句

• Some of the men of Manasseh defected to David when he went with the Philistines to fight against Saul.
  大卫从前与非利士人同去，要与扫罗争战，有些玛拿西人来投奔大卫，他们却没有帮助非利士人。
• And Samson said, let me die with the philistines.
  说，我情愿与非利士人同死。
• For Israel and the Philistines had put the battle in array, army against army.
  以色列人和非利士人都摆列队伍，彼此相对。
• So the Philistines were subdued and did not invade Israelite territory again.
  从此，非利士人就被制伏，不敢再入以色列人的境内。
• Now the house was full of men and women, and all the lords of the Philistines were there.
  士16：27那时房内充满男女.非利士人的众首领也都在那里。
• Now the Israelites went out to fight against the Philistines.
  以色列人出去与非利士人打仗，安营在以便以谢；
• So the Philistines fought, and the Israelites were defeated and every man fled to his tent.
  非利士人和以色列人打仗，以色列人败了，各向各家奔逃。
• But the Philistines wanted us dead.
  腓力斯人却想灭亡我们。
• He went to war against the Philistines and broke down the walls of Gath, Jabneh and Ashdod.
  他出去攻击非利士人，拆毁了迦特城，雅比尼城，和亚实突城。
• And Abraham went on living in the land of the Philistines as in a strange country.
  亚伯拉罕在非利士人的地寄居了多日。