英:[ˈwɜ:ldli:ˈwaɪz]
美:[ˈwɚldliˈwaɪz]
英:[ˈwɜ:ldli:ˈwaɪz]
美:[ˈwɚldliˈwaɪz]
world·ly-wise
wuhrld li waIz
adjective
possessing a practical and often shrewd understanding of human affairs : worldly sense 2 It's a photographic exhibition, pulling together an exceptionally diverse range of works, from the obvious to some which may surprise the most worldly-wise of old souls.—Ian Mansfield Mabel [Loomis Todd] is quite a woman—complex, resilient, worldly wise, smart and way ahead of her time …—Nancye Tuttle Olympia Dukakis, the self-assured, raspy-voiced actress who often played world-weary and worldly wise characters …—Anita Gates
She was pure but practical, idealistic but worldly-wise.—Andy Levin
The first known use of worldly-wise was in the 15th century
well-nighadverb
almost, nearly
work upverb
to stir up
worked up support for the project
to produce by mental or physical work
worked up a sweat at the gym
well-meaningadjective
having or based on good intentions
well-knownadjective
known by many people
worldly-wiseadjective
wise as to things and ways of this world
1 her long career as a globe-trotting journalist has made her very worldly-wise
2 Heather Alicia Simms and Vanessa Bell Calloway are both sharp, witty, and poignant without sentimentality as the play’s two matriarchal figures, the formidable Missy Judson and Idella Landy, the wry, worldly-wise housekeeper who essentially raised Charlie.
3 Parroni does a good job of balancing the way that adolescents veer from experimenting with a worldly-wise cynicism and dipping back into the wildness of childhood.
4 I have no brow of such worldly hypocrisy.
我讨厌这种老于世故的伪善。
5 He is too worldly - wise to expect too much of human nature.
他太世故了,所以对人性无多奢求.
6 Be wisely worldly , be not worldly wise. ( Francis Quarles )
要善于处世, 不要老于世故. ( 夸尔斯 )
7 She appears to be naive, but actually she's very worldly - wise.
她看似单纯, 其实很成熟.
8 Be wisely worldly, be not worldly wise.
要聪明地世故, 不要世故地聪明.
9 This chap is a quite worldly - wise.
这个人很世故.
10 Meanwhile, he is also provided with strong ideas of slavishness tractable , docilement, being worldly wise, etc.
同时, 他又循规蹈矩 、 驯顺服从 、 明哲保身, 具有浓厚的奴性意识.
11 In recent years , Israeli consumers have grown more demanding as they've become wealthier and more worldly - wise.
这一句提到了以色列消费者的一些问题,注意他们的什么开始增加了,并注意原因.
1 世故的
3 老于世故