idiotes

基本解释

• n.平庸的人；无知的人

同根派生

英汉例句

双语例句

• 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。