| 单词 | this-worldly |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈthis-worldly ˈthis-worldly adj. concerned with the things of this world or the present state of existence. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the present (time) > [adjective] > concerned with this world earthbounda1616 this-worldly1883 society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > unspirituality > [adjective] worldlyOE dryc1175 fleshlyc1175 of the world?c1225 secularc1290 timely1340 of hencec1384 uttermore1395 worldisha1400 profane1474 humanc1475 mundanec1475 mundial1499 carnal?1510 seculary1520 unghostly1526 worldly-minded1528 sensual1529 earthly-minded1535 civil1536 subcelestial1561 worldly-witted1563 secular-minded1597 ghostlessa1603 lay1609 mundal1614 non-ecclesiastical1630 unspiritual1643 wilderness1651 worldly-handed1657 outward1674 timesome1674 apsychical1678 secularized1683 hylastic1684 choical1708 Sadducee1746 gay1798 unspiritualized1816 secularizing1825 unreligious1832 secularistic1862 apneumatic1864 Sadduceeic1875 this-worldly1883 this world1889 1883 ‘M. Twain’ Life on Mississippi xlviii. 480 The guests were always this-worldly, and often profane. 1913 N. S. Talbot in Foundations 14 Thought of to-day is this-worldly. 1927 W. R. Inge Protestantism 12 A materialistic and wholly this-worldly apocalyptism. 1944 J. S. Huxley On Living in Revol. xv. 187 The Churches..feel themselves threatened by the rise of an outlook more concerned with social planning for this-worldly improvement than with individual concern for other-worldly salvation. 1978 J. Skorupski in Hookway & Pettit Action & Interpretation 83 It treats the magical and, by and large, the religious practices as ‘instrumental’: as attempts to control the course of events in such a way as to bring about this-worldly ends which the actors seek. < as lemmas |
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