Stoic



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.坚忍克己之人
• ［英］ n.坚忍克己之人 ( firmly restraining response to pain or distress)
• ［记］ 来自希腊哲学流派Stoic ( 斯多葛派) , 主张坚忍克己

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English, from Latin stoicus, from Greek stō?kos, literally, of the portico, from Stoa (Poikilē) the Painted Portico, portico at Athens where Zeno taught
• Date: 14th century
• 1. capitalized a member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium about 300 B.C. holding that the wise man should be free from passion, unmoved by joy or grief, and submissive to natural law
• 2. one apparently or professedly indifferent to pleasure or pain

II. adjective or stoical

• Date: 15th century
• 1. capitalized of, relating to, or resembling the Stoics or their doctrines <Stoic logic>
• 2. not affected by or showing passion or feeling; especially firmly restraining response to pain or distress <a stoic indifference to cold>
• Synonyms: see impassive
• ? stoically adverb

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