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

• He had so many flocks and herds and servants that the Philistines envied him.
  他有羊群牛群，又有许多仆人，非利士人就嫉妒他。
• And Samson said, let me die with the philistines.
  说，我情愿与非利士人同死。
• When the five lords of the Philistines saw it, they returned to Ekron that day.
  非利士人的五个首领看见，当日就回以革伦去了。
• And David enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up to the Philistines?
  大卫求问耶和华说，我可以上去攻打非利士人吗。
• And the Philistines came and spread out in the valley of rephaim.
  非利士人来了，布散在利乏音谷。
• Goliath said that if any man of Israel could beat him, then the Philistines would surrender.
  歌利亚说如果任何以色列人能击败他，那麽腓力斯人就会投降。
• 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。
• So the Philistines went up and burned her and her father to death.
  于是非利士人上去，用火烧了妇人和她的父亲。
• The Syrians and the Philistines were also known to have worshiped a Semitic mermaid moon-goddess.
  众所周知，叙利亚人和腓力斯人敬奉一位闪米特美人鱼月神。
• And the remnant of the Philistines will perish, Says the Lord Jehovah.
  非利士人所余剩的必都灭亡，这是主耶和华说的。