| 词汇 | spartan |
| 释义 | spartan adjective uk /ˈspɑː.tən/ us /ˈspɑːr.tən/ simple and severe with no comfort: 简朴的，清苦的；斯巴达式的 a spartan diet/meal简单的饮食／饭菜 spartan living conditions清苦的生活条件 They lead a spartan life, with very few comforts and no luxuries.他们过着相当简朴的生活，没有舒适豪华的设施。 Synonyms austere bleak comfortlessformal hard(SEVERE) harsh(UNKIND) inhospitable(PLACE) severe Plain and ordinary as it comesidiom austere austerely austerity average Joe homespun homey humble humdrum middle-of-the-road something/nothing to shout aboutidiom sparely stale starkly starkness unostentatious unostentatiously unpainted unremarkable unremarkably spartan | American Dictionaryspartan adjective us/ˈspɑrt·ən/ simple and not particularly comfortable: Our spartan way of life included hard beds, hard work, and no TV. Examples of spartanspartan Therefore, the number of types in databases is not spartan. This spartan setting has proved appealing to researchers. These are dense agglomerations with spartan if elegant detailing, deforming with respect to context (directed views outwards, and inwards) as much as being formed according to any a priori diktat. Even then, conditions were spartan. Ueno's utopia was an efficient and equitable yet rather spartan world, in which luxury goods would be banished but the minimum necessities of life would be provided for all. The facilities in the ante-natal clinic are spartan, inadequate and undignified for patients. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They live in spartan comfort they are adequately fed, but they are made to keep at it and there is no question of enforced idleness. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is not a university or university college in the country where these spartan conditions prevail. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They must be given a hard training, and they must realise that a spartan existence is called for from the start. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is a complete reversal of the trend towards spartan facilities such as we tended to see in this country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have visited the camps and know that they are pretty spartan, unpleasant places in which to spend any time. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These are being entertained and, as evidence of the lack of a spartan régime, one prisoner is claiming for possessions lost in the riot. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If the people he thinks should undertake these spartan courses did not want to go, would he force them? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It was described by the regimental medical officer as tolerable but spartan. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Do we need to worry that such establishments are spartan? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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