单词 | stoic |
释义 | sto·ic /ˈstəʊɪk $ ˈstoʊ-/ noun [countable] EMOTIONALsomeone who does not show their emotions and does not complain when bad things happen to them 坚忍克己的人;不以苦乐为意的人Examples from the Corpusstoic• He accepted our fate like a stoic and refused to make a fuss.• Most people, however, are not stoics.• What would he have had if he'd played the stoic?Origin stoic (1500-1600) Stoic “follower of the ancient Greek thinker Zeno, who said that happiness results from accepting what happens in life” ((14-21 centuries)), from Latin, from Greek stoikos, from Stoa (Poikile) “Painted Portico”, where Zeno taught in Athenssto·ic nounChineseSyllable and Corpus not someone emotions who does not show does their |
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