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world noun—世 n (almost always used) ()世界 n (almost always used) ()Examples:Rebiya Kadeer or Rabiye Qadir (1947-), Uighur businesswoman and activist, imprisoned 1999-2005, then President of the World Uighur Congress—all black, no daylight (idiom); a world without justice—Yeosu city in South Jeolla province, Korea, the site of World Expo 2012—experienced in the ways of the world (idiom); worldly-wise—Sudirman cup (world badminton team competition)—Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969), US army general and politician, Supreme Allied Commander in Europe during World War II, US President 1953-1961—stay away from the filth and unrest of the world—of the material world (as opposed supernatural or immortal levels)—Battle of Stalingrad (1942-1943), decisive battle of Second World War and one of the bloodiest battles in history, when the Germans failed take Stalingrad, were then trapped and destroyed by Soviet forces—lit. dreams and visions in a bubble (idiom); fig. the illusory nature of the world in Buddhism—Moenjo-daro, capital of Indus valley civilization c. 2000 BC, Sind province, Pakistan, UNESCO World Heritage Site—changing (face, scene, situation, world of etc)—fig. the world changes, whether you want it or not—the objective world (as opposed empirical observation)—the whole world at peace (idiom); peace and prosperity—Timbuktoo (town and historical cultural center in Mali, a World Heritage site)—Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI), world body of gliding and aeronautic sports—World food program (United Nations aid agency)—Joseph Joffre (1852-1931), leading French general at the start of World War One—Deep Blue, chess-playing computer, first defeat reigning world champion, developed by IBM (1985-1997)—consider the entire country, or world, to be one's own—Dutch studies (study of Europe and the world in premodern Japan)—fig. female beauty exceeding even that of the natural world—lit. rebuke Heaven and Earth (idiom); fig. shaking the whole world—(Claire) Chennault, commander of Flying Tigers during World War II—Fenghuang Ancient Town, in Fenghuang County, Xiangxi Prefecture, Hunan, added the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List in 2008 in the Cultural category—One world - one dream, motof 2008 Beijing Olympic games—amaze the world with a single brilliant feat (idiom); an overnight celebrity—Xiao Qian (1910-1999), Mongolian-born, Cambridge-educated journalist active during Second World War in Europe, subsequently famous author and translator—Qing imperial summer residence at Chengde, a world heritage site—Knowledge comes from books and from experience of the world. [idiom.]—be overly subjective and disregard the outside world [idiom.]—spring sunshine emerges bring the world alive [idiom.]— |