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.
ADJ-GRADED
庸俗的;平庸的
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.
例句
...a philistine government that allowed the arts to decline.任由藝術(shù)衰頹的庸俗政府...a philistine city lacking in elegance.難登大雅之堂的平庸城市
英漢詞典釋義
n.
市儈,庸人
a Philistine attitude to the arts對藝術(shù)不感興趣
英英詞典釋義
Noun
1. a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits
Adjective
1. smug and ignorant and indifferent or hostile to artistic and cultural values