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"
例句
用作形容词(adj.)
This is achieved by strict celibacy and ascetic practices.这要通过严厉的独身生活和禁欲修行而达到。
用作名词(n.)
Rabia went into the desert to pray and became an ascetic.随后拉比尔走进沙漠祈祷，从此成为苦行者。
