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spartan

['spɑːt(ə)n]
  • adj. 斯巴达的;斯巴达式的;(生活方式)简朴的,清苦的。
  • n. 斯巴达人;勇士

英英释意


1. resolute in the face of pain or danger or adversity;
"spartan courage"
2. unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment;
"a parent severe to the pitch of hostility"- H.G.Wells
"a hefty six-footer with a rather severe mien"
"a strict disciplinarian"
"a Spartan upbringing"
3. practicing great self-denial;
"Be systematically ascetic...do...something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it"- William James
"a desert nomad's austere life"
"a spartan diet"
"a spartan existence"