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 as·cet·ic /əˈsɛtɪk, æ-/
 禁慾者,修道者(a.)修道的,苦己的,苦行

 As·cet·ic a.  Extremely rigid in self-denial and devotions; austere; severe.
    The stern ascetic rigor of the Temple discipline.   --Sir W. Scott.

 As·cet·ic, n. In the early church, one who devoted himself to a solitary and contemplative life, characterized by devotion, extreme self-denial, and self-mortification; a hermit; a recluse; hence, one who practices extreme rigor and self-denial in religious things.
    I am far from commending those ascetics that take up their quarters in deserts.   --Norris.
 Ascetic theology, the science which treats of the practice of the theological and moral virtues, and the counsels of perfection.  --Am. Cyc.
    Be systematically ascetic . . . do . . . something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it. --William James.
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 ascetic
      adj 1: pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic or the
             practice of rigorous self-discipline; "ascetic
             practices" [syn: ascetical]
      2: practicing great self-denial; "Be systematically
         ascetic...do...something for no other reason than that you
         would rather not do it"- William James; "a desert nomad's
         austere life"; "a spartan diet"; "a spartan existence"
         [syn: ascetical, austere, spartan]
      n : practices self denial as spiritual discipline [syn: abstainer]