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Epicurean

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    (adj.) displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses; 'an epicurean banquet'; 'enjoyed a luxurious suite with a crystal chandelier and thick oriental rugs'; 'Lucullus spent the remainder of his days in voluptuous magnificence'; 'a chinchilla robe of sybaritic lavishness' .

    (adj.) of Epicurus or epicureanism; 'Epicurean philosophy' .

    手打:西尔维亚


Epicurean

双语例句


  • Seneca was a Stoic, as Lucretius was an Epicurean, moralist. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
  • You're an Epicurean like myself, I see: you don't want to see all those goddesses gobbling terrapin. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
  • The Epicurean was determined to make Humanity go its way without cringing to capricious gods and without sacrificing Free-Will. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
  • The Stoics and Epicureans, so far apart at first sight, were very similar in their ultimate aim. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
  • Both, indeed, gave themselves to some science--the Epicureans to physics, the Stoics to logic and rhetoric--but only as a means to an end. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.

校对:莱斯利