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worldly
[英] [ˈwɜ:ldli:] [美] [ˈwə:ldli] 生词本

adj.

adv.

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1. ADJ-GRADED 尘世的;世俗的；现实的 Worldly is used to describe things relating to the ordinary activities of life, rather than to spiritual things. 

  • I think it is time you woke up and focused your thoughts on more worldly matters...

    我认为是该你清醒过来把思想集中到更为现实的问题上的时候了。

  • He has repeatedly criticized Western churches as too worldly and too entrenched in consumerism.

    他一再批评西方教会过于世俗，消费主义观念过于顽固。

2. ADJ-GRADED 世故的;老成练达的 Someone who is worldly is experienced and knows about the practical or social aspects of life. 

  • He was different from anyone I had known, very worldly, everything that Dermot was not...

    他不同于我认识的任何一个人，非常老成，与德莫特完全相反。

  • He was worldly and sophisticated.

    他阅历丰富，老于世故。

worldliness

  • To Betty, Joe had an air of worldliness.

    在贝蒂看来，乔有点儿世故。

3. ADJ 名利的 Worldly is used to describe things relating to success, wealth, and possessions. 

  • Today the media drive athletes to the view that the important thing is to gain worldly success.

    现在，媒体使得运动员认为追名逐利是很重要的。

4. ADJ 物质的 You can refer to someone's possessions as their worldly goods or possessions. 

  • ...a man who had given up all his worldly goods...

    放弃了所有财产的男子

  • They are willing to sign away their entire worldly possessions.

    他们愿意签字放弃所有财产。

Adjective

1. characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world;

  • "worldly goods and advancement"

2. very sophisticated especially because of surfeit; versed in the ways of the world;

  • "the blase traveler refers to the ocean he has crossed as `the pond'"
  • "the benefits of his worldly wisdom"

3. concerned with secular rather than sacred matters;

  • "lords temporal and spiritual"
1. A grasp of mundane affairs is genuine knowledge; an understanding of worldly wisdom is true learning.
世事洞明皆学问，人情练达即文章。

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2. Are spiritual or worldly values more important?
精神上的价值重要，还是物质的价值重要呢？

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3. He bequeathed her all his worldly goods.
他把所有的财物遗赠给她。

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4. He carried all his worldly possessions in an old hold-all.
他将所有的个人财物放在一只旧手提箱里。

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5. He is fond of worldly enjoyments.
他喜爱世俗的享乐。

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6. He is little more than a boy in worldly experience.
他涉世不深，简直还是一个孩子。

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7. In the eye of the Buddhist, every worldly affair is vain.
在佛教徒的眼里，人世上一切事情都是空的。

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8. She forsook her worldly possessions to devote herself to the church.
她抛弃世上的财物而献身教会。

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