philistine

1. N-COUNT 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. 市儈; 平庸之人[表不滿]

2. ADJ 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; 可用來指不關(guān)心或不懂得藝術(shù)、音樂或文學(xué)價(jià)值的人[ADJ n] [表不滿]

...a philistine government that allowed the arts to decline. ...一個(gè)任由藝術(shù)衰頹的庸俗政府。