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词汇 stoicism
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Definition of stoicism in English:

stoicism

noun ˈstəʊɪsɪz(ə)mˈstoʊəˌsɪzəm
mass noun
  • 1The endurance of pain or hardship without the display of feelings and without complaint.

    忍受,忍耐

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Others will display stoicism, and still others would prefer to go fishing.
    • There are many personality traits traditionally associated with multi-million selling superstars, but stoicism is not one of them.
    • Yet to quote these entries out of context is to miss Derek's exhilarating sense of courage and stoicism when under the stress of physical and mental impairment.
    • Past generations had much worse to deal with, but showed stoicism, forbearance and fortitude.
    • The hero will undergo various struggles in which you, the viewer, will be able to vicariously enjoy his stoicism while, of course, undergoing no pain.
    • Throughout the two world wars and the decades following both of them, the lower classes were widely revered for their courage in battle and their stoicism in peace.
    • We're experts at turning a noble fiasco into a story about fortitude and stoicism.
    • Michele endured her long illness with stoicism, dignity and determination.
    • The British public, and particularly those in London, have been rightly praised for drawing on reserves of stoicism and endurance.
    • A much more honest assessment comes from an American tourist friend who could not believe the calm and stoicism of ordinary Britons during the attacks.
    • The British traditionally accepted the cost of motoring with stoicism.
    • Moving between past and present, writing with self restraint and stoicism, she reveals a history filled with pain.
    • The United player kept his counsel, winning back public opinion with his stoicism in the face of the insults.
    • That most shoulder this burden with little complaint says much for their courage and stoicism.
    • He almost lost not only his British optimism but his Germanic stoicism.
    • Clearly, endurance here means much more than tightlipped stoicism.
    • He accepts his responsibilities with a mixture of stoicism, patience and bewilderment.
    • It takes a certain kind of stoicism to endure such an extreme environment, and to flourish there.
    • Every victory was a blessing, every defeat accepted with stoicism.
    • Having lived under that cloud for so many years, most British travellers will accept the military presence with more stoicism than alarm.
    Synonyms
    patience, forbearance, resignation, lack of protest, lack of complaint, fortitude, endurance, acceptance, acceptance of the inevitable, fatalism, philosophicalness, impassivity, dispassion, phlegm, imperturbability, calmness, coolness, cool
    stolidness
    British Dunkirk spirit
    informal unflappability
    rare longanimity
  • 2An ancient Greek school of philosophy founded at Athens by Zeno of Citium. The school taught that virtue, the highest good, is based on knowledge; the wise live in harmony with the divine Reason (also identified with Fate and Providence) that governs nature, and are indifferent to the vicissitudes of fortune and to pleasure and pain.

    斯多葛哲学(古希腊哲学学派,由基蒂翁的芝诺创立于雅典;该学派认为美德、至善的基础是知识;智者与神圣的理性 亦即命运和上帝和睦共处,神圣的理性支配自然,而且对财富的变化、快乐和痛苦漠不关心)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In the face of the demands of the state for outward conformity, freedom can only be found by retreating into oneself, by taking refuge in a philosophy such as Stoicism, Epicureanism, or Scepticism.
    • The founder of Stoicism, Zeno of Citium, developed a systematic and elaborate metaphysics, ethics, and epistemology.
    • The school of Stoicism was founded by Zeno in the late 4th century.
    • Zeno's writings established Stoicism as a set of ideas articulated into three parts: logic, physics, and ethics.
    • There is an interesting logic to the six direct passions, which Hume borrowed from a tradition that can be traced to ancient Greek Stoicism.

Definition of stoicism in US English:

stoicism

nounˈstoʊəˌsɪzəmˈstōəˌsizəm
  • 1The endurance of pain or hardship without the display of feelings and without complaint.

    忍受,忍耐

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It takes a certain kind of stoicism to endure such an extreme environment, and to flourish there.
    • A much more honest assessment comes from an American tourist friend who could not believe the calm and stoicism of ordinary Britons during the attacks.
    • Having lived under that cloud for so many years, most British travellers will accept the military presence with more stoicism than alarm.
    • There are many personality traits traditionally associated with multi-million selling superstars, but stoicism is not one of them.
    • Every victory was a blessing, every defeat accepted with stoicism.
    • Throughout the two world wars and the decades following both of them, the lower classes were widely revered for their courage in battle and their stoicism in peace.
    • The British public, and particularly those in London, have been rightly praised for drawing on reserves of stoicism and endurance.
    • Yet to quote these entries out of context is to miss Derek's exhilarating sense of courage and stoicism when under the stress of physical and mental impairment.
    • He almost lost not only his British optimism but his Germanic stoicism.
    • He accepts his responsibilities with a mixture of stoicism, patience and bewilderment.
    • The hero will undergo various struggles in which you, the viewer, will be able to vicariously enjoy his stoicism while, of course, undergoing no pain.
    • That most shoulder this burden with little complaint says much for their courage and stoicism.
    • The British traditionally accepted the cost of motoring with stoicism.
    • Past generations had much worse to deal with, but showed stoicism, forbearance and fortitude.
    • Michele endured her long illness with stoicism, dignity and determination.
    • Others will display stoicism, and still others would prefer to go fishing.
    • Clearly, endurance here means much more than tightlipped stoicism.
    • The United player kept his counsel, winning back public opinion with his stoicism in the face of the insults.
    • Moving between past and present, writing with self restraint and stoicism, she reveals a history filled with pain.
    • We're experts at turning a noble fiasco into a story about fortitude and stoicism.
    Synonyms
    patience, forbearance, resignation, lack of protest, lack of complaint, fortitude, endurance, acceptance, acceptance of the inevitable, fatalism, philosophicalness, impassivity, dispassion, phlegm, imperturbability, calmness, coolness, cool
  • 2An ancient Greek school of philosophy founded at Athens by Zeno of Citium. The school taught that virtue, the highest good, is based on knowledge; the wise live in harmony with the divine Reason (also identified with Fate and Providence) that governs nature, and are indifferent to the vicissitudes of fortune and to pleasure and pain.

    斯多葛哲学(古希腊哲学学派,由基蒂翁的芝诺创立于雅典;该学派认为美德、至善的基础是知识;智者与神圣的理性 亦即命运和上帝和睦共处,神圣的理性支配自然,而且对财富的变化、快乐和痛苦漠不关心)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The founder of Stoicism, Zeno of Citium, developed a systematic and elaborate metaphysics, ethics, and epistemology.
    • The school of Stoicism was founded by Zeno in the late 4th century.
    • Zeno's writings established Stoicism as a set of ideas articulated into three parts: logic, physics, and ethics.
    • There is an interesting logic to the six direct passions, which Hume borrowed from a tradition that can be traced to ancient Greek Stoicism.
    • In the face of the demands of the state for outward conformity, freedom can only be found by retreating into oneself, by taking refuge in a philosophy such as Stoicism, Epicureanism, or Scepticism.
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