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earth.lyH5V:W7li, $5V:rW-adj [not gradable]happening in or related to this world and this physical life, not in heaven or a spiritual life世俗的;尘世的He's worshipped as a god who performed many miracles during his earthly existence.他被奉为在尘世中创造了许多奇迹的神明。The Seychelles islands are an earthly paradise.塞舌尔群岛是人间天堂。(infml) Earthly is also used in questions or negatives to mean possible.(常与问句、否定句连用,为非正式用语)可能的;可想象的What earthly reason can she have for being so horrible to me?她究竟为什么对我如此不友好?At this rate, we haven't got an earthly chance of finishing on time (= are almost certain to be late).照这样的速度,我们不可能按时完成。
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