worldly

adjective

/ˈwɜːldli/

/ˈwɜːrldli/

(literary)

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[only before noun] connected with the world in which we live rather than with spiritual things尘世的；世俗的；世事的
- worldly success世俗的成就
- your worldly goods (= the things that you own)你个人的物品
opposite spiritual
having a lot of experience of life and therefore not easily shocked生活经验丰富的；老成持重的；世故的
- At 15, he was more worldly than his older cousins who lived in the country.他 15 岁时就比他那些居住在乡村的表兄们懂人情世故了。
opposite unworldly

Word OriginOld English woruldlic (see world, -ly).