spartan
发音
英 [ˈspɑ:tn]
美 [ˈspɑrtn]
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- adj.
- 斯巴达的，斯巴达式的
- 纪律性强或严于自律的
- 简朴的，节约的
- 精炼的
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- n.
- 斯巴达
- 斯巴达式的人
单词词源
spartan 斯巴达式的，简朴的
来自 Sparta,斯巴达。因斯巴达人以崇尚简朴著称而引申该词义。
双语例句
- 1. The housing is similarly spartan , and relentlessly dun .
- 房屋是斯巴达式的风格，千篇一律的灰色调。
- 2. Leonidas was killed and his body was beheaded to instigate anger among the spartan army .
- 莱昂尼达斯被杀死，身体被斩首，这激起了斯巴达军队的愤怒。
- 3. When the trojan paris absconded with helen , wife of the spartan king , war exploded .
- 当特洛伊王子帕里斯拉着斯巴达国王的王后海伦私奔的时候，战争爆发了。
- 4. The old wasps were notoriously cheap , sent their children to spartan boarding schools , and insisted on financial sobriety .
- 原来的西方安格鲁撒克逊清教徒们以吝啬出名，他们把孩子送到斯巴达的寄宿学校，坚持节俭。
- 5. Supposedly he covered 150 miles in two days but the spartan troops arrived too late to fight since by then the battle was over .
- 据推测，斐迪庇第斯在两天内跑完了150英里的路程，但是斯巴达军队赶到战场时却太迟，那时战争已经结束了。