| 单词 | world |
| 释义 | world (wɜːʳld ) Word forms: worlds 1. singular noun A1 The world is the planet that we live on. It's a beautiful part of the world. More than anything, I'd like to drive around the world. The satellite enables us to calculate their precise location anywhere in the world. Synonyms: earth, planet, globe, earthly sphere 2. singular noun [NOUN noun] A1 The world refers to all the people who live on this planet, and our societies, institutions, and ways of life. The world was, and remains, shocked. He wants to show the world that anyone can learn to be an ambassador. ...his personal contribution to world history. ...inflationary pressures in the world economy. 3. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] A1 You can use world to describe someone or something that is one of the most important or significant of its kind on earth. He was regarded as a leading world statesman. China has once again emerged as a world power. He was one of Newcastle's most distinguished medical men, a world authority on heart-diseases. 4. singular noun B1 You can use world in expressions such as the Arab world, the western world, and the ancient world to refer to a particular group of countries or a particular period in history. Athens had strong ties to the Arab world. ...the developing world. Dogs were also associated with healing in the ancient world. 5. countable noun [oft poss NOUN] A2 Someone's world is the life they lead, the people they have contact with, and the things they experience. His world seemed so different from mine. I lost my job and it was like my world collapsed. I tried to understand the adult world and could not. 6. singular noun B1 You can use world to refer to a particular field of activity, and the people involved in it. The publishing world had certainly never seen an event quite like this. ...the latest news from the world of finance. Synonyms: sphere, system, area, field 7. countable noun [with supplement, oft NOUN of noun] B2 You can use world to refer to a place or way of life by describing its strongest features. ...a golf course set in a hidden world of parkland, forest and lakes. The patient must re-enter a world full of problems and stresses. 8. singular noun [with supplement] You can use world in expressions such as this world, the next world, and the world to come to refer to the state of being alive or a state of existence after death. Good fortune will follow you, both in this world and the next. Synonyms: life, nature, existence, creation 9. singular noun B2 You can use world to refer to a particular group of living things, for example the animal world, the plant world, and the insect world. 10. countable noun A world is a planet. He looked like something from another world. Man was drawing closer to the stars, opening new worlds. 11. See also brave new world, New World, real world, Third World 12. worlds apart phrase If you say that two people or things are worlds apart, you are emphasizing that they are very different from each other. [emphasis] Intellectually, this man and I are worlds apart. The novel is worlds apart from his academic writings. 13. the best of both worlds phrase If you say that someone has the best of both worlds, you mean that they have only the benefits of two things and none of the disadvantages. They want the best of both worlds - sport and luxury in one car. 14. bring a child into the world phrase [VERB inflects] If a woman brings a child into the world, she gives birth to it. We wanted to know that the children we brought into the world would have a good life. 15. a world of difference phrase [verb-link PHRASE, oft PHR between pl-n] If you say that there is a world of difference between one thing and another, you are emphasizing that they are very different from each other. [emphasis] There's a world of difference between an amateur movie and a slick Hollywood production. 16. for the world phrase [with brd-neg, PHRASE after verb] If you say that you would not do something for the world, you are emphasizing that you definitely would not do it. [emphasis] I wouldn't have missed this for the world. 17. do sb/sth a world of good/do sb/sth the world of good phrase If you say that something has done someone the world of good or a world of good, you mean that it has made them feel better or improved their life. [informal] A sleep will do you the world of good. ...a mature performance which must have done his career prospects a world of good. 18. in the world phrase B2 You use in the world to emphasize a statement that you are making. [emphasis] The saddest thing in the world is a little baby nobody wants. He had no one in the world but her. 19. what in the world/who in the world/where in the world phrase You can use in the world in expressions such as what in the world and who in the world to emphasize a question, especially when expressing surprise or anger. [emphasis] What in the world is he doing? Where in the world were you when I was struggling for my life? 20. in an ideal/a perfect world phrase You can use in an ideal world or in a perfect world when you are talking about things that you would like to happen, although you realize that they are not likely to happen. In an ideal world Karen Stevens says she would love to stay at home with her two-and-half-year old son. In a perfect world, there would be the facilities and money to treat every sick person. 21. the world owes them a living phrase [VERB inflects] If you say that someone thinks that the world owes them a living, you are criticizing them because they think it is their right to have a comfortable life without having to make any effort at all. [disapproval] Young people must not kid themselves that the world owes them a living. 22. man of the world phrase If you say that someone is a man of the world or a woman of the world, you mean that they are experienced and know about the practical or social aspects of life, and are not easily shocked by immoral or dishonest actions. Look, we are both men of the world, would anyone really mind? ...an elegant, clever and tough woman of the world. 23. out of this world phrase If you say that something is out of this world, you are emphasizing that it is extremely good or impressive. [informal, emphasis] These new trains are out of this world. Synonyms: wonderful, great [informal], excellent, superb 24. the outside world phrase You can use the outside world to refer to all the people who do not live in a particular place or who are not involved in a particular situation. For many, the post office is the only link with the outside world. This, at least, was the situation as it appeared to the outside world. 25. the world over phrase [PHRASE after verb, noun PHRASE] If you say that something happens or exists the world over, you mean that it happens or exists in every part of the world. Some problems are the same the world over. Governments the world over should do something about it. 26. in a world of one's own phrase [verb-link PHRASE, PHRASE after verb] If you say that someone is in a world of their own, you mean that they seem not to notice other people or the things going on around them. When I'm swimming I'm in a world of my own. Sarah was nine years old and until that moment she had been locked in a world of her own. 27. to think the world of someone phrase If you think the world of someone, you like them or care about them very much. I think the world of him, but something tells me it's not love. We were really close. We thought the world of each other. 28. go/come up/down in the world phrase [VERB inflects] If you say that someone has gone up in the world, you mean they have become richer or have a higher social status than before. If you say they have come down in the world, you mean they have become poorer or have a lower social status. [mainly British] When they started to go up in the world, they moved to a flat in London. ...young women of middle class families which had come down in the world. 29. not be the end of the world phrase If you say that something bad is not the end of the world, you are trying to stop yourself or someone else being so upset by it, by suggesting that it is not the worst thing that could happen. Obviously I'd be disappointed if we don't make it, but it wouldn't be the end of the world. 30. the world is your oyster phrase If you say that the world is someone's oyster, you mean that they can do anything or go anywhere that they want to. You're young, you've got a lot of opportunity. The world is your oyster. 31. on top of the world phrase If you say that you feel on top of the world, you are emphasizing that you feel extremely happy and healthy. [emphasis] Two months before she gave birth to Jason she left work feeling on top of the world. Synonyms: overjoyed, happy, ecstatic, elated Quotations: The world began without man, and it will end without himTristes Tropiques All the world's a stageAs You Like It The world's mine oysterThe Merry Wives of Windsor The world is everything that is the caseTractatus Logico-Philosophicus Idioms: it's not the end of the world said to mean that the consequences of an event are not as bad as they might seem at first If I make a mistake, it's not the end of the world. I can always go back and correct it. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers four corners of the world or four corners of the Earth all the different parts of the world A foreign correspondent makes friends in all four corners of the world. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers at odds with the world confused or discontented We are more inclined to blame a feeling of being at odds with the world on a headache or upset stomach, rather than the other way round. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers carry the weight of the world on your shoulders to have very many troubles or responsibilities It was a really emotional time, I felt like I was carrying the weight of the world on my shoulders. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers come down in the world or go down in the world to have less money than you had before and now have a lower social status His grandfather had been a most distinguished citizen of Rhode Island but the family had since come down in the world. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers come up in the world or go up in the world to have more money than you had before and now have a higher social status A well brought-up young man: he was said to have been an ordinary worker who had come up in the world. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers dead to the world sleeping very deeply Sarah was dead to the world and would probably sleep for twelve hours. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers it's a small world or small world said to express your surprise when you unexpectedly meet someone you know in an unusual place I'm only just recovering from the surprise of running into you like this. Small world. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers not long for this world likely to die soon Peter asked Ian to become his assistant earlier that year, perhaps knowing that he was not long for this world. When he died in June, Ian became chairman. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers not set the world on fire to not be exciting and to be unlikely to be very successful You've done some good solid work, but you haven't yet set the world on fire. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers on top of the world extremely happy When she came back from that holiday she was so happy, on top of the world. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers out of this world very good or impressive The show was really good. The music was great and the costumes were out of this world. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers think the world of someone to like and admire someone very much or be very fond of them He is an involved and caring father, and Sam thinks the world of him. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers the world is your oyster said to mean that someone has the opportunity to achieve great success in their life You've got a wonderful watershed in your life, Johnny. You're young, you've got a lot of opportunity. The world is your oyster. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: digital world Statistical failings may have played a part: measuring productivity gains in a digital world is hard. Times, Sunday Times (2015) Yet firms that embrace the digital world grow 50 times faster than the economy. Times, Sunday Times (2016) But he is also fiercely loyal to a business that has defied expectations and thrived in the digital world. Times, Sunday Times (2009) Something new, great and permanent was here -- the modern world -- and the possibilities were limitless. THE SCOTTISH ENLIGHTENMENT: The Scots' Invention of the Modern World (2002) Nursing in the modern world with more complex drugs and equipment needs more than bedside management. Times, Sunday Times (2013) No serious history of the modern world would make any sense without sustained reference to football. Times, Sunday Times (2011) It is not just for emotional reasons of national identity and joy in the natural world that we all need to be on the lookout for our landscape and the threats against it. Times, Sunday Times (2013) But the more I see of the natural world, the more it seems to me that the one thing it isn't is wild. Times, Sunday Times (2015) Why is he so interested in the natural world? Times, Sunday Times (2011) And it's well established that people can'put on' a persona in the virtual world that they don't have elsewhere. Times, Sunday Times (2011) Rather than drive across town to meet friends, they live in a virtual world where the internet has become their vehicle of choice. Times, Sunday Times (2007) I'd rather walk in the real world than look at the countryside in a virtual world. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Translations: Chinese: 世界 Japanese: 世界 |
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