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