| 释义 |
worldliness|ˈwɜːldlɪnɪs|
[f. worldly a. + -ness.]
1. The condition of being worldly; devotion to worldly affairs to the neglect of religious duties or spiritual needs; love of the world and its pleasures.
c1380Wyclif Wks. (1880) 121 Þes proude possessioners lien on seyntis & sclaundren hem wiþ worldly lif..And þei bryngen forþ poyntis of here worldlynesse whanne þei diden aȝenst holy lif & techynge. c1440Promp. Parv. 522/1 Werdlynesse, mundialitas. c1480Henryson Fables, Trial of Fox 36 O fulische man! plungit in warldlines, To conqueis warldlie gude. c1590Faire Em i. ii. 41 Yet may our myndes as highly scorne to stoope To base desires of vulgars worldlynes. 1685Baxter Paraphr. N.T. Mark xii. 37 Hypocrites..who by their long Liturgies, and Ceremonies,..do but cloak their Worldliness, Pride and Oppression. a1768Secker Serm., Haggai i. 5 (1771) VII. 12 But, supposing we are clear both of Worldliness and Vanity, still what can we answer with respect to Pleasure? 1845S. Austin Ranke's Hist. Ref. II. 163 The Latin church stood in need of reform. Its thorough worldliness..rendered this necessary in a religious view. 1884Pennington Wiclif viii. 266 The sight of the vice and worldliness of many of the bishops around him.
†2. Worldly affairs. Obs. rare.
a1513Fabyan Chron. v. lxxxiii. (1811) 61 The Saxons..couenaunted wt. the Brytons, yt the Brytons shuld entende theyr worldlynes and other necessaries. And the Saxons as theyr Sowdiours shuld defende the lande. |