spartan
['spɑ?t(?)n]
- adj. 斯巴達的；斯巴達式的；（生活方式）簡樸的，清苦的。
- n. 斯巴達人；勇士
英英釋意
- 1. resolute in the face of pain or danger or adversity;
- "spartan courage"
- 2. unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment;
- "a parent severe to the pitch of hostility"- H.G.Wells
- "a hefty six-footer with a rather severe mien"
- "a strict disciplinarian"
- "a Spartan upbringing"
- 3. 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"