idiotes
基本解释
- n.平庸的人;无知的人
英汉例句
- Those who preferred a private to a public life were labelled idiotes (hence our word idiot).
而那些更喜欢私人生活的人被视为白痴。 - Originally in Greek the word idiotes meant “a private person, ” that is, just your average Joe.
最初在希腊语中,idiotes意为“个人”(private person),说的就是个普通人。 - The Greek idios means "private," and an idiotes means a private person, as opposed to a person in their public role -- for example, that of a motorcycle mechanic.
希腊语‘idios’意为‘个人的’,而一个白痴(idiot)的意思是:一个特异的个体,与扮演着公共角色的人完全相反————比如摩托车维修工的角色。