Adjective:
characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world;worldly goods and advancement
temporal possessions of the church
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
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
近义词 mature成熟的earthly地球的fleshly肉体的outward向外的knowing会意的secular世俗的temporal现世的learned有学问的aristocratic贵族的experienced有经验的sophisticated老练的cosmopolitan世界性的blase对享乐感到厌倦的…反义词 unworldly超凡的spiritual精神的
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用作形容词When dead, we lose all ourworldlypossessions.我们死后就丧失了所有世间的财产。
His allworldlypossessions 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。
It simply means to stop doing anyworldlywork!停下做世俗的工作的意思。
We will never break away from theworldlyshackles.我们永远都无法摆脱世俗的束缚。
He is not a man withworldlywisdom.他不是一个有处世才能的人。