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earthly

/urth-lee/US // ˈɜrθ li //UK // (ˈɜːθlɪ) //

尘世的,尘世,尘世间,尘世间的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    earth·li·er, earth·li·est.

    • : of or relating to the earth, especially as opposed to heaven; worldly.
    • : possible or conceivable: an invention of no earthly use to anyone.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.physically concerning land or its inhabitants

Examples

  • At 29,000 feet, the peak is the highest of all earthly mountains, but its height is one of Mount Everest’s least impressive features.

  • Others go around the table declaring why they’re grateful for our earthly bounty.

  • A painting may serve no earthly purpose other than to reflect, provoke, or inspire.

  • Apodaca’s smile-inducing video has now been watched more than 50 million times across all earthly platforms.

  • Activities beyond the earthly plane are currently governed by the United Nations Outer Space Treaty of 1967.

  • You are, for example, still subject to earthly gravity, and not in orbit.

  • He then slumped to the floor, to the amazement of his audience, having departed this plane of earthly existence.

  • Members of the cult offer body sacrifices and worship the bones of their dead ancestors to ward off earthly evil.

  • I never was one,” he insisted—“even on the basis of an earthly definition of a saint as a sinner who keeps trying.

  • But if a genius is a quasi-divine being, a certain exemption from earthly laws of conduct is only natural.

  • They will reach you by the hands of Mr. Mackenzie, a worldly-minded Scotch merchant, but honest as to earthly things.

  • Life is represented as struggling to free herself from the gross earthly forms that cling to her.

  • And if an earthly father would act thus wisely and thus kindly, "how much more your Father which is in Heaven?"

  • The minister's eye kept steady to one point; to raise the country he governed, to the utmost pinnacle of earthly grandeur.

  • His first hard struggle for deliverance was coincident with his last hour of earthly peace.