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world/wɜ:ld/n. 1a the earth, or a planetary body like it 地球或近似的行星体 b its countries and their inhabitants 地球上的所有国家和居民；世界 c all people; the earth as known or in some particular respect 人类，所有的人；已知的世界或某些特别区域 2a the universe or all that exists; everything 宇宙；存在着的所有事物；万物 b everything that exists outside oneself 自身外的所有事物；外界 dead to the world 酣睡；不省人事 3a the time, state, or scene of human existence 人类生存的时间、状况或景象 b (prec. by 前接 the, this) mortal life 今生 4 secular interests and affairs 世俗；世事 5 human affairs; their course and conditions; active life (人的)事务；经历和状况；现行生活 how goes the world with you? 你的情况怎样？ 6 average, respectable, or fashionable people or their customs or opinions 普通人、有体面的人或时髦人或其习惯及观点；世事人情 7 all that concerns or all who belong to a specified class, time, domain, or sphere of activity (某一社会等级、时代、地区或领域的)世界，…界，…社会 the medieval world 中世纪; the world of sport 体育界 8 (foll. by 后跟 of) a vast amount 广大；大量，无数 that makes a world of difference 有极大的差别 9 (作 attrib.) affecting many nations, of all nations 影响很多国家的；全世界的 world politics 世界政治; a world champion 世界冠军 □ all the world and his wife Brit. [英] 1 any large mixed gathering of people (聚集的)许多人，各色人等 2 all with pretensions to fashion 一切自命不凡的人 □ bring into the world give birth to or attend at the birth of 生(孩子)；接(孩子)生 □ carry the world before one have rapid and complete success 取得迅速全面的成功 □ come into the world be born 出生，降生，诞生 □ for all the world (foll. by 后跟 like, as if) precisely 正是；一点不差 looked for all the world as if they were real 看上去完全像是真的 □ get the best of both worlds benefit from two incompatible sets of ideas, circumstances, etc. (从两种不相容的观点、环境等中)两头受益，左右逢源 □ in the world of all; at all (used as an intensifier in questions) 完全；根本上；到底，究竟(用来强调疑问句) what in the world is it? 这到底是什么？ □ man (or woman) of the world a person experienced and practical in human affairs 老成练达的人，练达世故的人 □ not for the world not whatever the inducement 决不，无论何种诱惑也不 □ out of this world colloq. extremely good etc. [口]非凡的，极好的 the food was out of this world 这食物棒极了 □ see the world travel widely; gain wide experience 见多识广，久经世故 □ think the world of have a very high regard for 非常看重(或喜爱) □ the world, the flesh, and the devil the various kinds of temptation 种种诱惑 □ the (or all the) world over throughout the world 全世界，处处 □ the world to come supposed life after death 来生，来世 □ world without end for ever 永远，永久 [Old English w(e)orold, world from a Germanic root meaning ‘age’: related to OLD] |