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worldly-wise

/wurld-lee-wahyz/US // ˈwɜrld liˈwaɪz //

世故的,世故,世俗的,世故的人

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adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : wise as to the affairs of this world.

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Examples

  • This is the Mexico that U.S. college students would be wise to steer clear of on spring break.

  • I did a piece for Elle about the effort to remake her into an elegant presence fashion-wise.

  • Kendrick rapidly chants these last lines in repetition with Bilal and Anna Wise sing-shouting behind him, like a rallying cry.

  • But most women do the walk with their man, even if they later wise up and decide to leave him after all.

  • Florida, with its large seasonal migrations of northeasterners, is also now a wine-wise state.

  • The most High hath created medicines out of the earth, and a wise man will not abhor them.

  • A wise man hateth not the commandments and justices, and he shall not be dashed in pieces as a ship in a storm.

  • She is quite true, but not wise, and your left hand must not know what your right hand is doing.

  • There are three things a wise man will not trust: the wind, the sunshine of an April day, and woman's plighted faith.

  • It's an idle question, I know; wise men and musty philosophers say that regrets are foolish.