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源自希腊语 askētikos(练习的),与 askēsis(训练/修行)相关,最初指运动员的严格训练,后引申为精神修炼。
❶ 指通过极端节制物质享受和肉体欲望来追求精神提升的人,常见于宗教修行或哲学实践中。
“The ascetics lived in caves and ate only wild berries.”
(苦行者们住在山洞里,仅以野果为食。)
“Ancient Hindu ascetics often meditated for years in solitude.”
(古印度苦修者常独自冥想数年。)
ascetic lifestyle — 指极度简朴、克制欲望的生活方式,通常与宗教或精神追求相关。
“He adopted an ascetic lifestyle, giving up all luxuries.”
(他选择了苦行式生活,放弃了一切奢侈品。)