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N-SING
世界;地球
The world is the planet that we live on.
例句
It's a beautiful part of the world...
這是世界上很美的一個地區。
More than anything, I'd like to drive around the world...
我最想做的事是開車周游世界。
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N-SING
人類;社會;生活
The world refers to all the people who live on this planet, and our societies, institutions, and ways of life.
例句
The world was, and remains, shocked...
世人當時感到震驚，現在仍然如此。
He wants to show the world that anyone can learn to be an ambassador.
他想向世人表明任何人都能通過學習而成為一名大使。
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ADJ
世界上最重要的;舉世矚目的
You can use world to describe someone or something that is one of the most important or significant of its kind on earth.
例句
Abroad, Mr Bush was seen as a world statesman...
在國外，布什先生被看作一位國際上舉足輕重的政治家。
China has once again emerged as a world power...
中國又一次以世界強國的姿態崛起。
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N-SING
(指某一群國家或歷史時期)世界，國家，時代
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.
例句
Athens had strong ties to the Arab world.
雅典與阿拉伯世界關系密切。
...the developing world...
發展中國家
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N-COUNT
人生；生活圈子；閱歷
Someone's world is the life they lead, the people they have contact with, and the things they experience.
例句
His world seemed so different from mine...
他的生活圈子和我的似乎有天壤之別。
I lost my job and it was like my world collapsed...
我丟了工作，我的世界好像都垮掉了。
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N-SING
(人們活動的)領域，界，圈子
You can use world to refer to a particular field of activity, and the people involved in it.
例句
The publishing world had certainly never seen an event quite like this.
出版界以前確實沒有遇見過類似這樣的事。
...the latest news from the world of finance.
來自金融界的最新消息
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N-COUNT
（有某種特色的）地方，環境；（某種生活的）世界，境況
You can use world to refer to a place or way of life by describing its strongest features.
例句
...a golf course set in a hidden world of parkland, forest and lakes...
位于一處有公共綠地、森林和湖泊的隱秘之地的高爾夫球場
The patient must re-enter a world full of problems and stresses.
患者必須再次進入充滿問題和壓力的世界。
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N-SING
今世/來世
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.
例句
Good fortune will follow you, both in this world and the next.
無論今世還是來生，好運都會伴隨你。
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N-SING
（生物的）界
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.
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N-COUNT
星球;天體
A world is a planet.
例句
He looked like something from another world...
他看上去像是從另一個星球來的。
Man was drawing closer to the stars, opening new worlds.
人類在接近各個星球，探索新的天體。
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PHRASE
大相徑庭;迥然不同
If you say that two people or things are worlds apart, you are emphasizing that they are very different from each other.
例句
Intellectually, this man and I are worlds apart...
在智力上，我和這個男子有天壤之別。
The novel is worlds apart from his academic writings.
這本小說和他的學術著作截然不同。
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PHRASE
兩頭受益;兩全其美
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.
例句
Her living room provides the best of both worlds, with an office at one end and comfortable sofas at the other.
她家客廳一頭是辦公處，一頭是舒適的沙發，真是兩全其美。
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PHRASE
生（孩子）
If a woman brings a child into the world, she gives birth to it.
例句
I never felt I achieved a great deal in my life, apart from bringing my children into the world.
除了生了幾個孩子，我從未覺得自己這輩子取得了很大成就。
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PHRASE
(表示強調)天壤之別
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.
例句
There's a world of difference between an amateur video and a slick Hollywood production.
業余制作的錄像短片與好萊塢制作精湛的電影作品有天壤之別。
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PHRASE
決不；無論如何也不
If you say that you would not do something for the world, you are emphasizing that you definitely would not do it.
例句
I wouldn't have missed this for the world.
我決不會錯過這個。
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PHRASE
讓…感覺好很多；對…大有好處
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.
例句
A sleep will do you the world of good.
睡一覺你就會感覺舒服多了。
...a mature performance which must have done his career prospects a world of good.
肯定為他的事業打開了一片坦途的成熟表演
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PHRASE
(用于加強語氣)
You use in the world to emphasize a statement that you are making.
例句
The saddest thing in the world is a little baby nobody wants...
世上最讓人難受的莫過于小嬰兒遭到遺棄。
He had no one in the world but her.
除了她，他再也沒有任何親人。
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PHRASE
(尤用于強調驚訝或憤怒)究竟，到底
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.
例句
What in the world is he doing?...
他究竟在干什么？
Where in the world were you when I was struggling for my life?
我掙扎求生的時候，你究竟在哪兒？
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PHRASE
在理想（或完美）的世界中；在理想狀況下
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.
例句
In an ideal world Karen Stevens says she would love to stay at home with her two-and-half-year old son...
卡倫·史蒂文斯說在理想的生活中，她非常愿意呆在家里照料兩歲半的兒子。
In a perfect world, there would be the facilities and money to treat every sick person.
理想的狀況是有足夠的設備和財力治療每一位病人。
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PHRASE
認為（自己）生來就該享福
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.
例句
All young people must face up to reality and not kid themselves that the world owes them a living.
所有的年輕人都必須接受現實，不要自欺欺人，覺得生來就該享清福。
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PHRASE
閱歷豐富的人;見過世面的人；老成穩重的人
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.
例句
Look, we are both men of the world, would anyone really mind?
聽著，我們都是見過世面的人，真有人會介意嗎？
...an elegant, clever and tough woman of the world.
優雅、聰明、頑強并且閱歷豐富的女人
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PHRASE
極好的;一流的；非常棒的
If you say that something is out of this world, you are emphasizing that it is extremely good or impressive.
例句
These new trains are out of this world.
這些新火車太棒了。
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PHRASE
外面的世界;外界
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.
例句
For many, the post office is the only link with the outside world...
對很多人來說，這個郵局是與外界聯系的唯一紐帶。
This, at least, was the situation as it appeared to the outside world.
至少在外界看來情況是這樣的。
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PHRASE
全世界;世界各地
If you say that something happens or exists the world over, you mean that it happens or exists in every part of the world.
例句
Some problems are the same the world over...
有些問題在全世界都一樣。
Governments the world over should do something about it.
世界各國政府應該對此采取行動。
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PHRASE
在自己的世界里;在自己的小天地里
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.
例句
When I'm swimming I'm in a world of my own...
游泳的時候，我沉浸在自己的世界里。
Sarah was nine years old and until that moment she had been locked in a world of her own.
薩拉當時9歲，之前她一直封閉在自己的世界里。
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PHRASE
非常喜歡；非常在乎
If you think the world of someone, you like them or care about them very much.
例句
I think the world of him, but something tells me it's not love...
我很在乎他，但是某種感覺告訴我這不是愛。
We were really close. We thought the world of each other.
我們的確很親近，非常在乎對方。
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PHRASE
發跡/落魄;飛黃騰達/潦倒
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.
例句
When they started to go up in the world, they moved to a flat in London.
他們開始發家的時候，搬進了倫敦的一所公寓。
...young women of middle class families which had come down in the world.
出身于落魄的中產階級家庭的年輕女子