of or relating to or characteristic of Sparta or its people
resolute in the face of pain or danger or adversity;
"spartan courage"
unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment;
"a parent severe to the pitch of hostility" "a hefty six-footer with a rather severe mien" "a strict disciplinarian" "a Spartan upbringing"
practicing great self-denial;
"Be systematically ascetic...do...something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it" "a desert nomad's austere life" "a spartan diet" "a spartan existence"
Only one among us keeps his Spartan reserve. 我们之中只有一人仍保持着斯巴达人的缄默。
Enjolras, who was grave, dominated it, in the attitude of a young Spartan sacrificing his naked sword to the sombre genius, Epidotas. 安灼拉严肃地坐镇街垒，他的姿势正如一个年轻的斯巴达人，他立誓要把光秃秃的剑奉献给忧郁的天才埃比陀达斯。
用作形容词 (adj.)
Go tell the Spartans, passerby, that here, by Spartan law, we lie! 走，去告诉斯巴达人们，过路人，斯巴达的法律，我们躺在这儿！
Spartan women with property enjoyed good social states, because Spartan law forbade dividing the land originally allotted to a family. 拥有地产的女性拥有较高的社会地位，因为斯巴达的法律禁止分割原属于家庭的土地。
Only one among us keeps his Spartan reserve. 我们之中只有一人仍保持着斯巴达人的缄默。
Enjolras, who was grave, dominated it, in the attitude of a young Spartan sacrificing his naked sword to the sombre genius, Epidotas. 安灼拉严肃地坐镇街垒，他的姿势正如一个年轻的斯巴达人，他立誓要把光秃秃的剑奉献给忧郁的天才埃比陀达斯。
He realised the danger of envy, and preferred a Spartan form of existence, putting all the emphasis on inconspicuous but very ready and very hard cash. 他知道遭人嫉妒是危险的，所以情愿采取斯巴达式的生活，而把全副精力用在钱财上。
Some people can slurp cabbage soup for a week and lose only a few ounces, while others on the same spartan regimen lose 10 pounds. 有些人喝了一星期的甘蓝菜汤，只瘦了几十公克，有些人却靠著同样的斯巴达式饮食法瘦了五公斤。
