world

名词 world:

1. everything that exists anywhere
   同义词：universe, existence, creation, cosmos, macrocosm
2. all of your experiences that determine how things appear to you
   同义词：reality
3. people in general; especially a distinctive group of people with some shared interest
   同义词：domain
4. the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
   同义词：Earth, globe
5. the concerns of this life as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife
   同义词：worldly concern, earthly concern, earth
6. a part of the earth that can be considered separately
7. people in general considered as a whole
   同义词：populace, public
8. all of the living human inhabitants of the earth
   同义词：human race, humanity, humankind, human beings, humans, mankind, man

形容词 world:

1. involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope
   同义词：global, planetary, worldwide, world-wide

1. He wanted to tell the news to the world.
   他要把这件事告诉每一个人。
2. I don't care what the world thinks.
   我不在乎上流社会怎样看。
3. The travel enlarged my world.
   这次旅行扩大了我的眼界。
4. He is the richest man in the world.
   他是世界上最富有的人。

world

n.（名词）
The earth.
地球，世界
The universe.
宇宙
The earth with its inhabitants.
地球及其居民
The inhabitants of the earth; the human race.
地球的居民；人类

Humankind considered as social beings; human society:
人类社会：被看作社会人的人类；人类社会：
例句：
turned her back on the world.
让她回到人类社会

People as a whole; the public:
世人：作为整体的人们；公众：
例句：
The event amazed the world.
这个事件震惊了世人

Often World A specified part of the earth:
常作 World 地球上的某一特定地区：
例句：
the Western World.
西方世界

A part of the earth and its inhabitants as known at a given period in history:
世界：处于某一指定的历史时期的地球上的一部分及其居民：
例句：
the ancient world.
古代世界

A realm or domain:
王国或领地：
例句：
the animal world; the world of imagination.
动物世界；想象的世界

A sphere of human activity or interest:
领域：人类活动或兴趣领域：
例句：
the world of sports.
体育领域

A class or group of people with common characteristics or pursuits:
界，类别：一个阶层或一群有共同特点或追求的人：
例句：
the scientific world.
科学界

A particular way of life:
特殊的生活方式：
例句：
the world of the homeless.
无家可归者的生活方式

All that relates to or affects the life of a person:
个人生活的全部：一切跟一个人的生活有关或影响其生活的东西：
例句：
He saw his world collapse about him.
他看见他的世界在崩溃

Secular life and its concerns:
世俗，尘世：世俗的生活和它的事：
例句：
a man of the world.
尘世中人

Human existence; life:
人类的存在；生命：
例句：
brought a child into the world.
生孩子

A state of existence:
生存的状态：
例句：
the next world.
来世

Often worlds A large amount; much:
常作 worlds 大量；许多：
例句：
did her a world of good; candidates that are worlds apart on foreign policy.
给她很多好处；在外交政策中分歧很大的候选人们

A celestial body such as a planet:
天体，如行星：
例句：
the possibility of life on other worlds.
其它星球上可能存在的生命

adj.（形容词）
Of or relating to the world:
世界的：世界的或跟世界有关的：
例句：
a world champion.
世界冠军

Involving or extending throughout the entire world:
全世界的：包括或扩展到整个世界的：
例句：
a world crisis.
世界危机

<习惯用语>for all the world
In all respects; precisely:
各方面地；准确地：
例句：
She looked for all the world like a movie star.
她的确向往电影明星

in the world
Used as an intensive:
用作加强语气词：
例句：
How in the world did they manageô I never in the world would have guessed.
他们究竟怎样办到的ô我无论如何也猜不到

out of this world【非正式用语】
Extraordinary; superb:
特别的；超级的：
例句：
The dinner was out of this world.
晚餐棒极了

the world over
Throughout the world:
遍及全世界：
例句：
known the world over.
全球闻名

world without end
Forever.
永远
来源：
Middle English
中古英语
from Old English weorold * see wo-ro-
源自 古英语 weorold *参见 wo-ro-