worldly

英 ['wɜːldli] 美 ['wɜːrldli]

• adj. 世间的；世俗的；善于处世的

英英释义

Adjective:

1. characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world;

   "worldly goods and advancement"
   "temporal possessions of the church"
   

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"
   

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. When dead, we lose all our worldly possessions.
   我们死后就丧失了所有世间的财产。
2. His all worldly possessions amounted to little more than the clothes he stood up in.
   他在人世间的他部财产，除了身上所穿的外，别无他物。
3. It simply means to stop doing any worldly work!
   停下做世俗的工作的意思。
4. We will never break away from the worldly shackles.
   我们永远都无法摆脱世俗的束缚。
5. He is not a man with worldly wisdom.
   他不是一个有处世才能的人。

经典引文

• Thou..seem'st otherwise inclin'd Then to a worldly Crown.

  出自： Milton

• All my worldly goods..in a battered suitcase.

  出自：Sunday Express

词汇搭配

• worldly-wise 精于世故的
• worldly-minded 营求名利的
• other-worldly 超脱尘世的; 超俗的...
• worldly wisdom 世故
• worldly goods 财产

近反义词

【近义词】

• earthly 地球的
• aristocratic 贵族的
• fleshly 肉体的
• outward 向外的
• cosmopolitan 世界性的
• learned 有学问的
• experienced 有经验的
• sophisticated 老练的
• mature 成熟的
• knowing 会意的
• secular 世俗的
• temporal 现世的
• blase 对享乐感到厌倦的...

【反义词】

• unworldly 超凡的
• spiritual 精神的