释义
n.
a member of a non-Semitic people of southern Palestine in ancient times, who came into conflict with the Israelites during the 12th and 11th centuries BC
非利士人(古代巴勒斯坦南部非闪族人,公元前12和11世纪同古以色列人发生冲突)。
(一般作 philistine)a person who is hostile or indifferent to culture and the arts, or who has no understanding of them
敌视文化艺术者;不热心文化艺术者;平庸之辈,庸人
词源
"from French Philistin, via late Latin from Greek Philistinos, from Hebrew pělištī. Sense 2 arose as a result of a confrontation between town and gown in Jena, Germany, in the late 17th cent.; a sermon on the conflict quoted: ‘the Philistines are upon you’. (Judges 16), which led to an association between the townspeople and those hostile to culture."