Worldling
[wә:ldliŋ]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a person absorbed by the concerns and interests and pleasures of the present world.
校對:诺琳--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(-) A person whose soul is set upon gaining temporal possessions; one devoted to this world and its enjoyments.
編輯:梅布尔
例句/造句/用法:
- My meditative silence appeared to weigh upon the spirits of this worldling, and to force him, as it were, into talking to me against his own will. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- Until this dauntless worldling came in and broke the spell, and lifted the latch, we too have forborne to enter into that sad chamber. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Instead of being present, the life and soul of that struggling Institution, he had engaged to make one of a party of worldlings at a morning concert! 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- They were the worldlings of Judea. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
編輯:维尔玛