“hedonist”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

hedonist

释义

hedonist|ˈhiːdənɪst|
[f. as prec. + -ist.]
One who maintains the doctrine of hedonism; one who regards pleasure as the chief good.
1856De Quincey Confess. (ed. 2) 251 In Professor Wilson's word, ‘Gentlemen, I am a Hedonist; and if you must know why I take opium, that's the reason why’. (Note) Professor Wilson coined the English word Hedonist.1874L. Stephen Hours in Library I. 390 If a man chances to be a Hedonist, he should show the good temper which is the best virtue of the indolent.1876Pater in E. Gosse Crit. Kit-Kats (1896) 258, I wish they wouldn't call me ‘a hedonist’; it produces such a bad effect on the minds of people who don't know Greek.
attrib.1878Dowden Stud. Lit. 402 This devotion to beauty, to beauty alone..was a kind of hedonist asceticism.1896Mrs. H. Ward Sir G. Tressady 361 George's hedonist temper was almost at the end of his patience.

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