ascetic

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++as·cet·ic /əˈsetɪk/ adjective  RELIGIONliving without any physical pleasures or comforts, especially for religious reasons 苦行的，〔尤指因宗教原因〕禁欲的 an ascetic life 清苦的生活 —ascetic noun [countable] —asceticism /-tɪsɪzəm/ noun [uncountable]

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ascetic• At the same time, however, the Church also honored an ascetic ideal.• They belonged to an ascetic Jewish sect called the Essenes• Louis became an extremely devout and ascetic man.• The church itself became a two-class system: the ascetic monasteries versus the more worldly regular clergy.• Like the ascetic movement of which it was an outgrowth, monasticism had its origins in the Middle East.• Other forms of holiness - that of the virgin and the ascetic - were assimilated to martyrdom.• Counterbalancing this ascetic wunderkind is his brother, Charles Solomon.Origin ascetic (1600-1700) Greek asketikos, from asketes “person who exercises, hermit”, from askein “to work, exercise”

as·cet·ic adjectiveChineseSyllable  

religious comforts, or pleasures without any living for especially physical Corpus

ascetic
as‧cet‧ic /əˈsetɪk/ adjectiveliving without any physical pleasures or comforts, especially for religious reasons:
    an ascetic life
—ascetic noun [countable]
—asceticism /-tɪsɪzəm/ noun [uncountable]

as·cet·icBrE /əˈsetɪk/ 🔊NAmE /əˈsetɪk/ 🔊 adjective [usually before noun] not allowing yourself physical pleasures, especially for religious reasons; related to a simple and strict way of living 过清苦生活的；（尤指）苦行的；禁欲的◆The monks lived a very ascetic life. 僧侣过着很清苦的生活。🔊🔊▸ as·cet·ic noun◆monks, hermits and ascetics僧侣、隐士和苦行者▸ as·ceti·cism BrE /əˈsetɪsɪzəm/ 🔊NAmE /əˈsetɪsɪzəm/ 🔊 noun [uncountable]