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worldly-minded

/wurld-lee-mahyn-did/US // ˈwɜrld liˈmaɪn dɪd //

世俗的,世故的,世俗,世故

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : having or showing devotion to the affairs and interests of this world.

Examples

  • The world is changing, and men really could use a movement—just not the misogynistic, conspiracy-minded one they have now.

  • But all fair-minded Americans should get behind this push for real equality and protections in the lives of all Americans.

  • We can always use people who are community-minded [like him].

  • There were likewise people who could have mobilized actors, students, reform-minded Communists and even trade unionists.

  • “Small groups of like-minded Turkers [can] come together and start taking productive action,” Bernstein said.

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

  • You may imagine the effect this missive produced upon the proud, high-minded doctor of divinity.

  • He was an outlaw, hunted and despised, depending for his life on the caprice of a fickle-minded woman.

  • To ask God for His love, or for His grace, or for any worldly benefit seems to me unreasonable.

  • High-minded and possessing a keen sense of honor himself, he had an instinctive aversion to anything mean or low in others.