epicurean

英 [ˌepɪkjʊəˈriːən]

美 [ˌepɪkjʊˈriːən]

adj.  享乐的; 吃喝玩乐的

GRE

COCA.32071

牛津词典

adj.

• 享乐的；吃喝玩乐的
  devoted to pleasure and enjoying yourself

柯林斯词典

• ADJ （食物）美味的，可口的；（尤指）稀奇的
  Epicureanfood is of very good quality, especially unusual or rare food.
  1. ...an epicurean dish.
     一盘佳肴

英英释义

noun

• a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink)
  Synonym:epicuregourmetgastronomebon vivantfoodie

adj

• displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses
  1. an epicurean banquet
  2. enjoyed a luxurious suite with a crystal chandelier and thick oriental rugs
  3. Lucullus spent the remainder of his days in voluptuous magnificence
  4. a chinchilla robe of sybaritic lavishness
  Synonym:luxuriousluxuriantsybariticvoluptuaryvoluptuous
• devoted to pleasure
  1. a hedonic thrill
  2. lives of unending hedonistic delight
  3. epicurean pleasures
  Synonym:hedonichedonistic

双语例句

• I had an epicurean feast.
  我吃了一顿丰盛的宴席。
• There are those, of course, who would adopt the epicurean motto of "Eat, drink, and be merry", most people would be chastened by the certainty of impending death.
  当然，也有一些人一生只是“吃、喝、享受”，然而，大多数人们在得知死亡的确存在时都会有所收敛。
• The rich, childless Epicurean finds it very good to go to his poor neighbor to augment his family.
  富裕的，没有孩子的伊壁鸠鲁发现，到他的穷邻居那里去，是扩大家庭的好办法。
• Epicurean doctrines on religion and death helped to alleviate many pains from people at his times, and had great bearings on the upcoming bourgeois enlightenment in which some thinkers fought against Christian religion and advocated human nature and humanism.
  伊壁鸠鲁对宗教和死亡的论证有利于缓解那个时代人的许多痛苦，同时对后来资产阶级启蒙思想家反基督教，张扬人性，提倡人道主义意义很大。
• Hamburgers and fries were n ootreally suited to his epicurean tastes.
  汉堡包和炸薯条并不真正对他美食家的胃口。
• The Epicurean Bull will most likely be found savoring succulent three-course meals at posh five-star restaurants.
  我们最有可能在奢华的五星饭店里找到正享受美味多汁的膳食的牛儿了。
• Epicurean philosophy of life not only was significant at his times, but also inspires us a lot in our pursuit of happy life in China today.
  他的人生哲学不仅在当时意义重大，对于今天的中国人追求幸福同样有着很好的启发意义。
• As we all know, the term "prolepsis" originated from Epicurus, and it plays an important role in Epicurean Epistemology.
  众所周知，prolepsis是伊壁鸠鲁首创的一个术语，并且它在伊壁鸠鲁认识论中占据一个重要的地位。
• There are those, of course, who would adopt the epicurean motto of "Eat, drink, and be merry,"
  当然，有人会因而奉行享乐主义的“吃喝玩乐”的信条
• The Epicurean philosophers, the Stoic philosophers, again, are very famous schools of philosophy.
  还有伊鸠派哲人和斯多格派哲人，也是非常有名的哲学流派。