单词 | man of this world |
释义 | > as lemmasman of this world man of this world n. a man who is from earth rather than from heaven, a human being; one who is concerned more with his current life than the hereafter, a worldly or sinful man; cf. man of the world n. ΚΠ ?c1430 (?1383) J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) III. 309 Men of þis world dreden more þe popis leed. ?1545 J. Bale 2nd Pt. Image Both Churches ii. sig. Fij The wyse menne of this worlde, the verye reprobates from God, all drye without the true faythe, dranke vp this fylthye water. 1631 S. Jerome Arraignem. Whole Creature xiv. §2. 248 The men of this world, those Brutigenists, or Terrigenists..Earth-bred wormes. 1704 W. Congreve Let. 14 Oct. (1964) 32 I find you are resolved to be a man of this world, which I am sorry for, because it will deprive me of you. 1773 R. Graves Spiritual Quixote II. v. x. 45 Mrs. Rivers had furnished out a plain, but elegant, supper, and Wildgoose, being happy in the company and friendly conversation of an old acquaintance, forgot a little his usual austerity, and seemed to enjoy himself like a man of this world. 1851 Ladies' Repository 11 ii. 75/2 Death calls upon the man of this world to strip and die, and this world can take away what it gave; but the world did not give the good man his happiness—it came from God; and the world can not take it away, and death can not take it away. 1928 N.E.D. at World-man A man of this world, a human being. < as lemmas |
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