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

• 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。
• Therefore, hedonism is the kernel of Epicurean philosophy of life.
  因此，快乐主义是伊壁鸠鲁人生哲学的主要内核。
• 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。
• 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。
• "Pleasure Is Happiness" and "Virtue Is Happiness"& Contrastive Analyses of View of Happiness of the Epicurean and the Stoic
  快乐即幸福与有德即幸福&伊壁鸠鲁学派与斯多亚学派幸福观之比较
• I had an epicurean feast.
  我吃了一顿丰盛的宴席。
• An alternative epicurean pleasure can be achieved by carefully contrasting the mouthfeel of a dish with a water's carbonation.
  作为一种美食享受，可以通过仔细配对不同的菜与碳酸水，来进行细致的对比。
• It seemed that his route to the coveted island was not to be an epicurean one.
  看来他渴望去的那个岛不能以这种享乐方式达到。
• 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。