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world
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n.

  • 易混淆的单词：World  

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1. N-SING 世界;地球 The world is the planet that we live on. 

  • It's a beautiful part of the world...

    这是世界上很美的一个地区。

  • More than anything, I'd like to drive around the world...

    我最想做的事是开车周游世界。

  • The satellite enables us to calculate their precise location anywhere in the world.

    卫星使我们能够计算出他们在世界上任何地方的精确位置。

2. N-SING 人类;社会;生活 The world refers to all the people who live on this planet, and our societies, institutions, and ways of life. 

  • The world was, and remains, shocked...

    世人当时感到震惊，现在仍然如此。

  • He wants to show the world that anyone can learn to be an ambassador.

    他想向世人表明任何人都能通过学习而成为一名大使。

  • ...his personal contribution to world history.

    他个人对世界历史的贡献

3. ADJ 世界上最重要的;举世瞩目的 You can use world to describe someone or something that is one of the most important or significant of its kind on earth. 

  • Abroad, Mr Bush was seen as a world statesman...

    在国外，布什先生被看作一位国际上举足轻重的政治家。

  • China has once again emerged as a world power...

    中国又一次以世界强国的姿态崛起。

  • He was one of Newcastle's most distinguished medical men, a world authority on heart-diseases.

    他是纽卡斯尔最优秀的医生之一，也是世界心脏病方面的权威。

4. N-SING (指某一群国家或历史时期)世界，国家，时代 You can use world in expressions such as the Arab world ,the western world, and the ancient world to refer to a particular group of countries or a particular period in history. 

  • Athens had strong ties to the Arab world.

    雅典与阿拉伯世界关系密切。

  • ...the developing world...

    发展中国家

  • Dogs were also associated with healing in the ancient world.

    在古代，狗也与治病有关。

5. N-COUNT 人生；生活圈子；阅历 Someone's world is the life they lead, the people they have contact with, and the things they experience. 

  • His world seemed so different from mine...

    他的生活圈子和我的似乎有天壤之别。

  • I lost my job and it was like my world collapsed...

    我丢了工作，我的世界好像都垮掉了。

  • I tried to understand the adult world and could not.

    我试着去了解成人世界，却无法猜透。

6. N-SING (人们活动的)领域，界，圈子 You can use world to refer to a particular field of activity, and the people involved in it. 

  • The publishing world had certainly never seen an event quite like this.

    出版界以前确实没有遇见过类似这样的事。

  • ...the latest news from the world of finance.

    来自金融界的最新消息

7. N-COUNT （有某种特色的）地方，环境；（某种生活的）世界，境况 You can use world to refer to a place or way of life by describing its strongest features. 

  • ...a golf course set in a hidden world of parkland, forest and lakes...

    位于一处有公共绿地、森林和湖泊的隐秘之地的高尔夫球场

  • The patient must re-enter a world full of problems and stresses.

    患者必须再次进入充满问题和压力的世界。

8. N-SING 今世/来世 You can use world in expressions such as this world ,the next world, and the world to come to refer to the state of being alive or a state of existence after death. 

  • Good fortune will follow you, both in this world and the next.

    无论今世还是来生，好运都会伴随你。

9. N-SING （生物的）界 You can use world to refer to a particular group of living things, for example the animal world ,the plant world, and the insect world. 
10. N-COUNT 星球;天体 A world is a planet. 

  • He looked like something from another world...

    他看上去像是从另一个星球来的。

  • Man was drawing closer to the stars, opening new worlds.

    人类在接近各个星球，探索新的天体。

11. See also: brave new world; New World; real world; Third World;  
12. PHRASE 大相径庭;迥然不同 If you say that two people or things are worlds apart, you are emphasizing that they are very different from each other. 

  • Intellectually, this man and I are worlds apart...

    在智力上，我和这个男子有天壤之别。

  • The novel is worlds apart from his academic writings.

    这本小说和他的学术著作截然不同。

13. PHRASE 两头受益;两全其美 If you say that someone has the best of both worlds, you mean that they have only the benefits of two things and none of the disadvantages. 

  • Her living room provides the best of both worlds, with an office at one end and comfortable sofas at the other.

    她家客厅一头是办公处，一头是舒适的沙发，真是两全其美。

14. PHRASE 生（孩子） If a woman brings a child into the world, she gives birth to it. 

  • I never felt I achieved a great deal in my life, apart from bringing my children into the world.

    除了生了几个孩子，我从未觉得自己这辈子取得了很大成就。

15. PHRASE (表示强调)天壤之别 If you say that there is a world of difference between one thing and another, you are emphasizing that they are very different from each other. 

  • There's a world of difference between an amateur video and a slick Hollywood production.

    业余制作的录像短片与好莱坞制作精湛的电影作品有天壤之别。

16. PHRASE 决不；无论如何也不 If you say that you would not do something for the world, you are emphasizing that you definitely would not do it. 

  • I wouldn't have missed this for the world.

    我决不会错过这个。

17. PHRASE 让…感觉好很多；对…大有好处 If you say that something has done someone the world of good or a world of good, you mean that it has made them feel better or improved their life. 

  • A sleep will do you the world of good.

    睡一觉你就会感觉舒服多了。

  • ...a mature performance which must have done his career prospects a world of good.

    肯定为他的事业打开了一片坦途的成熟表演

18. PHRASE (用于加强语气) You use in the world to emphasize a statement that you are making. 

  • The saddest thing in the world is a little baby nobody wants...

    世上最让人难受的莫过于小婴儿遭到遗弃。

  • He had no one in the world but her.

    除了她，他再也没有任何亲人。

19. PHRASE (尤用于强调惊讶或愤怒)究竟，到底 You can use in the world in expressions such as what in the world and who in the world to emphasize a question, especially when expressing surprise or anger. 

  • What in the world is he doing?...

    他究竟在干什么？

  • Where in the world were you when I was struggling for my life?

    我挣扎求生的时候，你究竟在哪儿？

20. PHRASE 在理想（或完美）的世界中；在理想状况下 You can use in an ideal world or in a perfect world when you are talking about things that you would like to happen, although you realize that they are not likely to happen. 

  • In an ideal world Karen Stevens says she would love to stay at home with her two-and-half-year old son...

    卡伦·史蒂文斯说在理想的生活中，她非常愿意呆在家里照料两岁半的儿子。

  • In a perfect world, there would be the facilities and money to treat every sick person.

    理想的状况是有足够的设备和财力治疗每一位病人。

21. PHRASE 认为（自己）生来就该享福 If you say that someone thinks that the world owes them a living, you are criticizing them because they think it is their right to have a comfortable life without having to make any effort at all. 

  • All young people must face up to reality and not kid themselves that the world owes them a living.

    所有的年轻人都必须接受现实，不要自欺欺人，觉得生来就该享清福。

22. PHRASE 阅历丰富的人;见过世面的人；老成稳重的人 If you say that someone is a man of the world or a woman of the world, you mean that they are experienced and know about the practical or social aspects of life, and are not easily shocked by immoral or dishonest actions. 

  • Look, we are both men of the world, would anyone really mind?

    听着，我们都是见过世面的人，真有人会介意吗？

  • ...an elegant, clever and tough woman of the world.

    优雅、聪明、顽强并且阅历丰富的女人

23. PHRASE 极好的;一流的；非常棒的 If you say that something is out of this world, you are emphasizing that it is extremely good or impressive. 

  • These new trains are out of this world.

    这些新火车太棒了。

24. PHRASE 外面的世界;外界 You can use the outside world to refer to all the people who do not live in a particular place or who are not involved in a particular situation. 

  • For many, the post office is the only link with the outside world...

    对很多人来说，这个邮局是与外界联系的唯一纽带。

  • This, at least, was the situation as it appeared to the outside world.

    至少在外界看来情况是这样的。

25. PHRASE 全世界;世界各地 If you say that something happens or exists the world over, you mean that it happens or exists in every part of the world. 

  • Some problems are the same the world over...

    有些问题在全世界都一样。

  • Governments the world over should do something about it.

    世界各国政府应该对此采取行动。

26. PHRASE 在自己的世界里;在自己的小天地里 If you say that someone is in a world of their own, you mean that they seem not to notice other people or the things going on around them. 

  • When I'm swimming I'm in a world of my own...

    游泳的时候，我沉浸在自己的世界里。

  • Sarah was nine years old and until that moment she had been locked in a world of her own.

    萨拉当时9岁，之前她一直封闭在自己的世界里。

27. PHRASE 非常喜欢；非常在乎 If you think the world of someone, you like them or care about them very much. 

  • I think the world of him, but something tells me it's not love...

    我很在乎他，但是某种感觉告诉我这不是爱。

  • We were really close. We thought the world of each other.

    我们的确很亲近，非常在乎对方。

28. PHRASE 发迹/落魄;飞黄腾达/潦倒 If you say that someone has gone up in the world, you mean they have become richer or have a higher social status than before. If you say they have come down in the world, you mean they have become poorer or have a lower social status. 

  • When they started to go up in the world, they moved to a flat in London.

    他们开始发家的时候，搬进了伦敦的一所公寓。

  • ...young women of middle class families which had come down in the world.

    出身于落魄的中产阶级家庭的年轻女子

29.   not be the end of the world→see: end;  the world is your oyster→see: oyster;  on top of the world→see: top; 
Noun

1. all of the inhabitants of the earth;

  • "all the world loves a lover"
  • "she always used `humankind' because `mankind' seemed to slight the women"

2. everything that exists anywhere;

  • "they study the evolution of the universe"
  • "the biggest tree in existence"

3. all of your experiences that determine how things appear to you;

  • "his world was shattered"
  • "we live in different worlds"
  • "for them demons were as much a part of reality as trees were"

4. people in general; especially a distinctive group of people with some shared interest;

  • "the Western world"

5. the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet on which we live;

  • "the Earth moves around the sun"
  • "he sailed around the world"

6. the concerns of the world as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife;

  • "they consider the church to be independent of the world"

7. a part of the earth that can be considered separately;

  • "the outdoor world"
  • "the world of insects"

8. people in general considered as a whole;

  • "he is a hero in the eyes of the public"
Adjective

1. involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope;

  • "global war"
  • "global monetary policy"
  • "neither national nor continental but planetary"
  • "a world crisis"
  • "of worldwide significance"

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  • 1.世界，领域;【修】完全，通用
1. Tomorrow's world [The world of tomorrow] will be very different from the world of today.
未来世界将和现在大不相同。

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

2. China has the earliest record of a solar prominence in the world. Carried in the oracle bone inscriptions of the Yin Dynasty (in the 14th century B.C.) were the routine records of the solar eclipse and the lunar eclipse, and the earliest record of a solar prominence in the world.
中国有世界上最早的日珥记录。公元前 14 世纪， 殷朝甲骨文中， 已有日食和月食的常规纪录，以及世界上最早的日珥记录。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

3. China has the world's largest number of terrestial vertebrates, with a total of 1,800 species, which accounts for approximately one-tenth of the same species of vertebrates in the world.
中国陆栖脊椎动物种类居世界第一位，有1，800种，约占世界同类动物总数的十分之一。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

4. China is the world's most populous country with a population of 1.1 billion, which makes up approximately a quarter of the world population.
中国是世界人口最多的国家，有11亿，约占世界总人口的四分之一。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

5. He set the racing world on its ear by breaking eight world records.
他创造了8项世界纪录使径赛界人士大为惊讶。

来自《简明英汉词典》

6. Twenty or thirty pages of information handed to any of the major world powers around the year 1925 would have been sufficient to chang the course of world history.
在1925年前后，如果把二三十页的情报交给任何一个世界强国，都会改变世界历史的进程。

来自《用法词典》

7. "Par in parem imperium non habet" is an indisputable legal maxim in the world.
平等者之间无统治权， 这是国际上不容争辩的一项法律格言。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

8. "The Capital Gazatte", first published in the Han Dynasty (206 B. C.-220 A. D.), was the earliest newspaper in the world.
创始于中国汉代的《邸报》是世界上最早的报纸。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

9. "The Chronological Record of Historians," written by Sima Qian of the Western Han Dynasty (206 B.C.-24 A.D.), was the world's earliest biographical work of literature, covering a history of 3,000 years. Its contents rang from the legendary Huang Di, or Yellow Emperor, to Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty (206B.C.-220A.D.).
中国西汉司马迁编著的《史记》是世界上最早的传记文学。它记事起于传说中的黄帝，迄于汉武帝，首尾3000年。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

10. "The Classics on Fish Breeding ", written by Fan Li of the Warring States Period (475 B.C.-221B.C.), was the world's first book on fish breeding. Fan started to breed silver carp in 473B.C., and the book was based on his experience.
中国战国时代范蠡所著《养鱼经》是世界上最早的养鱼文献。 范在公元前473年即开始养殖鲤鱼， 并写下这本书。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

11. "The Classics on Tea", written by Lu Yu of the Tang Dynasty (618 A.D.-907 A.D.) was the world's earliest treatise on tea leave production.
中国唐代陆羽写的《茶经》是世界上最早的茶叶制作专著。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

12. "The Deeds of King Gesar," a folk epic of the Tibetan nationality in China, is the world's longest epic, comprising 36 volumes in 15 million words, with one million to 1.5 million lines in poetry alone in addition to those in prose. The epic enjoys popularity in areas inhabited by people of the Tibetan, Mongolian, and Tu nationalities.
中国藏族的长篇叙事诗《格萨尔王传》是世界最长的史诗。 除散文 部 分， 仅史诗部分就有100万至150万行， 36部， 1500万字。 史诗流传于藏族、蒙古族、土族等地区。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

13. "The Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing", written more than 2,000 years ago, was the earliest book on materia medica in the world. Recorded in the book are over 300 kinds of animals, plants, and minerals used for medication.
中国的《神农本草经》是世界上最古的本草书。 写于2，000多年前， 记载了300多种动植矿物。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

14. "The Si Ku Quan Shu", or "Complete Library in the Four Branches of Literature," completed in 1782, has the world's longest series of books. The work, comprising four traditional divisions of Chinese learning -- classics, history, philosophy, and belles-letters -- contains 3,503 titles bound into more than 36,000 books with a total of 853,456 pages.
中国的 《四库全书》 是世界上页数最多的书。 它完成于1782年， 分经、史、子、集四部，收书 3，503 种， 分装成 36，000 余册， 共有 853，456 页。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

15. "The Star Chart" written by Gan De and "Astronomy" by Shi Shen of the Warring States Period (475 B.C.-221 B.C.) were the earliest star catalogues in the world. The two star charts presented in the books record positions of 120 stars. These positions, recorded 200 years earlier than those by other countries, are remarkably accurate, even by modern standards.
中国战国时代甘德著的《星点》和石申著的《天文》是世界上最早的星表。 两表里记有120颗恒星的位置， 至今还非常准确， 比其他国家观测恒星早200多年。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

16. "The Tang Ben Cao", completed in the fourth year of the reign of Emperor Gaozong (Xian Qing) of the Tang Dynasty (618 A.D.-907 A.D.), was the earliest book on medicine in the world.
中国的《唐本草》是世界上最早的一部国家药典。 编成于唐朝唐高宗显庆4年（公元659年）。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

17. "The Yongle Canon", compiled by 2,000 scholars and completed in 1408, A.D., was the world's earliest and biggest encyclopaedia, which contains 22937 volumes bound into 11095 books with a total of 370 million Chinese characters.
中国的《永乐大典》是世界上最早最大的百科全书。 它成书于1408年， 共有22，937卷， 11，095册 37，000万字， 由2，000名学者编写。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

18. A friendly intercourse is opened between the most remote parts of the world.
相距极远的两国开始了一种亲睦的邦交。

来自《简明英汉词典》

19. A gala dinner was held to celebrate the world premiere of the film.
为庆祝该电影在全球范围的首映举行了欢庆宴。

来自《简明英汉词典》

20. A little discipline would do him a world of good.
略加惩处对他会大有好处。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》