1N-COUNT 市侩; 平庸之人If you call someone a philistine, you mean that they do not care about or understand good art, music, or literature, and do not think that they are important. 市侩; 平庸之人 [disapproval]
SYN boor, barbarian, yahoo, lout
2ADJ [ADJ n]庸俗的; 平庸的; 可用来指不关心或不懂得艺术、音乐或文学价值的人You can use philistine to describe people or organizations who you think do not care about or understand the value of good art, music, or literature. 庸俗的; 平庸的; 可用来指不关心或不懂得艺术、音乐或文学价值的人 [disapproval]
...a philistine government that allowed the arts to decline.