The old Ascetick christians found a paradise in a desert.
出自: Sir T. BrowneHe wore a perfectly plain, almost ascetic dark suit.
出自: R. RendellHis face seeming ascetic until cheered by a smile.
出自: W. Trevor"ascetic practices"
"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"