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If you call someone a philistine, you are saying they do not like or understand art, literature, music, and the like — or that they find those things pointless and are rather proud of not caring. It is an , slightly literary insult, more at home in reviews and essays than in casual chat. It can be a noun (a philistine) or an adjective (a philistine attitude).
If you call someone a philistine如果你說某人是philistine，you are saying意思是說 they do not like or understand art, literature, music, and the like他們不喜歡也不懂藝術、文學、音樂之類的東西——or that they find those things pointless或者是覺得這些東西沒意義 and are rather proud of not caring甚至還頗以自己的不在乎為傲。It這個詞 is an unkind, slightly literary insult是一種不太友善、帶點文學氣息的侮辱語，more at home in reviews and essays than in casual chat比起日常閒聊更常出現在書評和文章裡。It可以 can be a noun (a philistine)當名詞用（a philistine）or an adjective (a philistine attitude)或當形容詞用（a philistine attitude）。
Though actually the word first named an ancient people, the Philistines, who lived on the coast of what is now Israel and Gaza, and who in the Hebrew Bible were enemies of the . Much later, German students used a similar word for uncultured , and English writers in the 1800s turned it into this cultural insult.
Though actually不過實際上 the word first named這個詞最初指的是 an ancient people一個古代民族，the Philistines也就是非利士人，who lived on the coast of what is now Israel and Gaza他們住在現今以色列和加薩的沿岸地區，and who in the Hebrew Bible were enemies of the Israelites而在希伯來聖經裡他們是以色列人的敵人。Much later後來很久以後，German students used a similar word德國學生用了一個類似的字 for uncultured townspeople來指沒文化的城鎮居民，and English writers in the 1800s而十九世紀的英語作家 turned it into this cultural insult把它轉變成了這個文化上的侮辱語。
So in modern English the everyday meaning is about taste, not about that ancient people — unless you are clearly in a Bible or history class. It looks a little like philosophy, but it does not come from Greek phil- ‘love’.
So in modern English所以在現代英語裡 the everyday meaning這個日常的意思 is about taste是在講品味，not about that ancient people而不是在講那個古代民族——unless you are clearly in a Bible or history class除非你明顯是在講聖經或歷史課的內容。It這個字 looks a little like philosophy看起來有點像philosophy這個字，but it does not come from但它並不是來自 Greek phil- 'love'希臘文phil-（意思是「愛」）。
組成From the name of the ancient Philistines: Hebrew p'lishtím, via Greek and Latin (Philistinus), Old French, and Middle English. The ‘no taste for art’ meaning came later, through German student slang and then English.
同家族的字
- philistinismthe attitude of a philistine; same stem plus -ism
原始詞典資料8 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Philistinenoun/ˈfɪlɪstaɪn/
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historicalA non-Semitic person from ancient Philistia, a region in the southwest Levant in the Middle East.
- Then the lords of the Philiſtines gathered them together, for to offer a great ſacrifice vnto Dagon their god, and to reioyce; for they ſaid, Our god hath deliuered Samſon our enemy into our hand.
- Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke. He was dressed out in broad gaiters and bright tweeds, like an English tourist, and his face might have belonged to Dagon, idol of the Philistines.
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An opponent (of the speaker, writer, etc); an enemy, a foe.
- In very truth what could poor old Abbot Hugo do? A frail old man; and the Philistines were upon him,—that is to say, the Hebrews.
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historicalIn German universities: a person not associated with the university; a non-academic or non-student; a townsperson.
Philistineadj/ˈfɪlɪstaɪn/
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historicalOriginating from ancient Philistia; of or pertaining to the ancient Philistines.
philistinenoun/ˈfɪlɪstaɪn/
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derogatoryA person who is ignorant or uneducated; specifically, a person who lacks appreciation of or is antagonistic towards art or culture, and who has pedestrian tastes.
- [W]hen he [Christoph Friedrich Nicolai] wrote against [Immanuel] Kant's philosophy, without comprehending it; and judged of poetry as he judged of Brunswick mum, by its utility, many people thought him wrong. A man of such spiritual habilitudes is now by the Germans called a Philister, Philistine: Nicolai earned for himself the painful pre-eminence of being Erz-Philister, Arch-Philistine. [...] At present the literary Philistine seldom shows, never parades, himself in Germany; and when he does appear, he is in the last stage of emaciation.
- Not only was he [Heinrich Heine] not one of Mr. [Thomas] Carlyle's "respectable" people, he was profoundly disrespectable; and not even the merit of not being a Philistine can make up for a man's being that.
philistineadj/ˈfɪlɪstaɪn/
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derogatoryIgnorant or uneducated; specifically, lacking appreciation for or antagonistic towards art or culture, and having pedestrian tastes.
- [Robert] Walpole, moreover, left England not only more corrupt than he found it, but crasser and more Philistine.
- Nothing is more exhilarating than philistine vulgarity. But in regard to philistine vulgarity there is no intrinsic difference between Palearctic manners and Nearctic manners.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。