| 单词 | human affairs |
| 释义 | > as lemmashuman affairs human affairs n. the business and activities of humans; worldly affairs. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > [noun] > business claiming attention > an occupation or affair > affairs > of life worldOE human affairs1542 life1763 nightlife1852 comédie humaine1876 1542 T. Becon Newe Pathway vnto Praier vi. sig. Diiij Let euery man say, farewel to al humayne affayres and worldely matters, and so quietly repose himselfe, while he prayeth. a1657 W. Burton Comm. Antoninus his Itinerary (1658) 67 A gallant despiciency..of all human affairs. 1741 D. Hume Ess. Moral & Polit. I. 176 Such mighty Revolutions have happened in human Affairs..as are sufficient to beget the Suspicion of still farther Changes. 1877 L. H. Morgan Anc. Society iii. i. 399 From its limited prevalence it made but little impression upon human affairs. 2006 New Yorker 2 Oct. 93/3 There was no pre-lapsarian moment when human affairs were not, at bottom, about taking and killing. < as lemmas |
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