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this-worldliness

/this-wurld-lee-nis/US // ˈðɪsˈwɜrld li nɪs //

世俗性,世态炎凉,世俗,世故

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : concern or preoccupation with worldly things and values.

Examples

  • This year, with slightly more worldliness and way fewer drinks consumed, I could see the emotionally fraught underbelly.

  • But the two presenting together, as they did here at the 2008 Emmy Awards, is an out-of-this-world combination.

  • But on the relative plane, Zen is this-worldly and does not deny ethics, or ontology for that matter.

  • Michelle King: But her worldliness or pragmatism, it's not as though it's being led by what Peter and his campaign are doing.

  • The bogus cry of this-raises-serious-concerns was soon heard throughout the land.

  • I hurt you when I say that, but I want you to be my good friend, as always, in spite of my worldliness.

  • Rodney is thoroughly and comfortably this-worldly; Michael is—other-worldly!

  • What has made thy heart so sore as to come and cry a-this-ons?

  • For marriage is like life in this-that it is a field of battle, and not a bed of roses.

  • And it has to be said that Elsie April in all her young and radiant splendour and woman-of-the-worldliness was equally stiff.