someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline
Adjective:
pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic or the practice of rigorous self-discipline;
\\\"ascetic practices\\\"
practicing great self-denial;
\\\"Be systematically ascetic...do...something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it\\\"
\\\"a desert nomad\\\'s austere life\\\"
\\\"a spartan diet\\\"
\\\"a spartan existence\\\"
造句
用作形容詞(adj.)
This is achieved by strict celibacy and ascetic practices. 這要通過嚴(yán)厲的獨身生活和禁欲修行而達到。
用作名詞(n.)
Rabia went into the desert to pray and became an ascetic. 隨后拉比爾走進沙漠祈禱，從此成為苦行者。
常用短語
The old Ascetick christians found a paradise in a desert.
出自：Sir T. Browne
He wore a perfectly plain, almost ascetic dark suit.
出自：R. Rendell
His face seeming ascetic until cheered by a smile.