worlds

英 [wɜːldz]

美 [wɜrldz]

n.  世界; 地球; 天下; 某地域(或民族、历史时期等)的人类社会; (像地球的)星球，天体
world的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-SING 世界;地球
  The worldis the planet that we live on.
  1. It's a beautiful part of the world...
     这是世界上很美的一个地区。
  2. More than anything, I'd like to drive around the world...
     我最想做的事是开车周游世界。
  3. The satellite enables us to calculate their precise location anywhere in the world.
     卫星使我们能够计算出他们在世界上任何地方的精确位置。
• N-SING 人类;社会;生活
  The worldrefers to all the people who live on this planet, and our societies, institutions, and ways of life.
  1. The world was, and remains, shocked...
     世人当时感到震惊，现在仍然如此。
  2. 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过学习而成为一名大使。
  3. ...his personal contribution to world history.
     他个人对世界历史的贡献
  4. ...inflationary pressures in the world economy.
     世界经济的通货膨胀压力
• ADJ 世界上最重要的;举世瞩目的
  You can useworldto describe someone or something that is one of the most important or significant of its kind on earth.
  1. Abroad, Mr Bush was seen as a world statesman...
     在国外，布什先生被看作一位国际上举足轻重的政治家。
  2. China has once again emerged as a world power...
     中国又一次以世界强国的姿态崛起。
  3. He was one of Newcastle's most distinguished medical men, a world authority on heart-diseases.
     他是纽卡斯尔最优秀的医生之一，也是世界心脏病方面的权威。
• N-SING (指某一群国家或历史时期)世界，国家，时代
  You can useworldin expressions such asthe Arab world,the western world, andthe ancient worldto refer to a particular group of countries or a particular period in history.
  1. Athens had strong ties to the Arab world.
     雅典与阿拉伯世界关系密切。
  2. ...the developing world...
     发展中国家
  3. Dogs were also associated with healing in the ancient world.
     在古代，狗也与治病有关。
• N-COUNT 人生；生活圈子；阅历
  Someone'sworldis the life they lead, the people they have contact with, and the things they experience.
  1. His world seemed so different from mine...
     他的生活圈子和我的似乎有天壤之别。
  2. I lost my job and it was like my world collapsed...
     我丢了工作，我的世界好像都垮掉了。
  3. I tried to understand the adult world and could not.
     我试着去了解成人世界，却无法猜透。
• N-SING (人们活动的)领域，界，圈子
  You can useworldto refer to a particular field of activity, and the people involved in it.
  1. The publishing world had certainly never seen an event quite like this.
     出版界以前确实没有遇见过类似这样的事。
  2. ...the latest news from the world of finance.
     来自金融界的最新消息
• N-COUNT （有某种特色的）地方，环境；（某种生活的）世界，境况
  You can useworldto refer to a place or way of life by describing its strongest features.
  1. ...a golf course set in a hidden world of parkland, forest and lakes...
     位于一处有公共绿地、森林和湖泊的隐秘之地的高尔夫球场
  2. The patient must re-enter a world full of problems and stresses.
     患者必须再次进入充满问题和压力的世界。
• N-SING 今世/来世
  You can useworldin expressions such asthis world,the next world, andthe world to cometo refer to the state of being alive or a state of existence after death.
  1. Good fortune will follow you, both in this world and the next.
     无论今世还是来生，好运都会伴随你。
• （生物的）界
  You can useworldto refer to a particular group of living things, for examplethe animal world,the plant world, andthe insect world.
• N-COUNT 星球;天体
  Aworldis a planet.
  1. He looked like something from another world...
     他看上去像是从另一个星球来的。
  2. Man was drawing closer to the stars, opening new worlds.
     人类在接近各个星球，探索新的天体。
• See also:brave new worldNew Worldreal worldThird World
• PHRASE 大相径庭;迥然不同
  If you say that two people or things areworlds apart, you are emphasizing that they are very different from each other.
  1. Intellectually, this man and I are worlds apart...
     在智力上，我和这个男子有天壤之别。
  2. The novel is worlds apart from his academic writings.
     这本小说和他的学术著作截然不同。
• PHRASE 两头受益;两全其美
  If you say that someone hasthe best of both worlds, you mean that they have only the benefits of two things and none of the disadvantages.
  1. Her living room provides the best of both worlds, with an office at one end and comfortable sofas at the other.
     她家客厅一头是办公处，一头是舒适的沙发，真是两全其美。
• PHRASE 生（孩子）
  If a womanbringsa childinto the world, she gives birth to it.
  1. I never felt I achieved a great deal in my life, apart from bringing my children into the world.
     除了生了几个孩子，我从未觉得自己这辈子取得了很大成就。
• PHRASE (表示强调)天壤之别
  If you say that there isa world of differencebetween one thing and another, you are emphasizing that they are very different from each other.
  1. There's a world of difference between an amateur video and a slick Hollywood production.
     业余制作的录像短片与好莱坞制作精湛的电影作品有天壤之别。
• PHRASE 决不；无论如何也不
  If you say that you would not do somethingfor the world, you are emphasizing that you definitely would not do it.
  1. I wouldn't have missed this for the world.
     我决不会错过这个。
• PHRASE 让…感觉好很多；对…大有好处
  If you say that somethinghas donesomeonethe world of goodora world of good, you mean that it has made them feel better or improved their life.
  1. A sleep will do you the world of good.
     睡一觉你就会感觉舒服多了。
  2. ...a mature performance which must have done his career prospects a world of good.
     肯定为他的事业打开了一片坦途的成熟表演
• PHRASE (用于加强语气)
  You usein the worldto emphasize a statement that you are making.
  1. The saddest thing in the world is a little baby nobody wants...
     世上最让人难受的莫过于小婴儿遭到遗弃。
  2. He had no one in the world but her.
     除了她，他再也没有任何亲人。
• PHRASE (尤用于强调惊讶或愤怒)究竟，到底
  You can usein the worldin expressions such aswhat in the worldandwho in the worldto emphasize a question, especially when expressing surprise or anger.
  1. What in the world is he doing?...
     他究竟在干什么？
  2. Where in the world were you when I was struggling for my life?
     我挣扎求生的时候，你究竟在哪儿？
• PHRASE 在理想（或完美）的世界中；在理想状况下
  You can usein an ideal worldorin a perfect worldwhen you are talking about things that you would like to happen, although you realize that they are not likely to happen.
  1. In an ideal world Karen Stevens says she would love to stay at home with her two-and-half-year old son...
     卡伦·史蒂文斯说在理想的生活中，她非常愿意呆在家里照料两岁半的儿子。
  2. In a perfect world, there would be the facilities and money to treat every sick person.
     理想的状况是有足够的设备和财力治疗每一位病人。
• PHRASE 认为（自己）生来就该享福
  If you say that someone thinks thatthe world owesthema 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.
  1. All young people must face up to reality and not kid themselves that the world owes them a living.
     所有的年轻人都必须接受现实，不要自欺欺人，觉得生来就该享清福。
• PHRASE 阅历丰富的人;见过世面的人；老成稳重的人
  If you say that someone isa man of the worldora 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.
  1. Look, we are both men of the world, would anyone really mind?
     听着，我们都是见过世面的人，真有人会介意吗？
  2. ...an elegant, clever and tough woman of the world.
     优雅、聪明、顽强并且阅历丰富的女人
• PHRASE 极好的;一流的；非常棒的
  If you say that something isout of this world, you are emphasizing that it is extremely good or impressive.
  1. These new trains are out of this world.
     这些新火车太棒了。
• PHRASE 外面的世界;外界
  You can usethe outside worldto refer to all the people who do not live in a particular place or who are not involved in a particular situation.
  1. For many, the post office is the only link with the outside world...
     对很多人来说，这个邮局是与外界联系的唯一纽带。
  2. This, at least, was the situation as it appeared to the outside world.
     至少在外界看来情况是这样的。
• PHRASE 全世界;世界各地
  If you say that something happens or existsthe world over, you mean that it happens or exists in every part of the world.
  1. Some problems are the same the world over...
     有些问题在全世界都一样。
  2. Governments the world over should do something about it.
     世界各国政府应该对此采取行动。
• PHRASE 在自己的世界里;在自己的小天地里
  If you say that someone isin a world oftheirown, you mean that they seem not to notice other people or the things going on around them.
  1. When I'm swimming I'm in a world of my own...
     游泳的时候，我沉浸在自己的世界里。
  2. Sarah was nine years old and until that moment she had been locked in a world of her own.
     萨拉当时9岁，之前她一直封闭在自己的世界里。
• PHRASE 非常喜欢；非常在乎
  If youthink the world ofsomeone, you like them or care about them very much.
  1. I think the world of him, but something tells me it's not love...
     我很在乎他，但是某种感觉告诉我这不是爱。
  2. We were really close. We thought the world of each other.
     我们的确很亲近，非常在乎对方。
• PHRASE 发迹/落魄;飞黄腾达/潦倒
  If you say that someonehas gone up in the world, you mean they have become richer or have a higher social status than before. If you say theyhave come down in the world, you mean they have become poorer or have a lower social status.
  1. When they started to go up in the world, they moved to a flat in London.
     他们开始发家的时候，搬进了伦敦的一所公寓。
  2. ...young women of middle class families which had come down in the world.
     出身于落魄的中产阶级家庭的年轻女子
• not be the end of the world→ see:end

双语例句

• There are no two worlds out there, a Wal-Mart world and some other world.
  不会有两个世界，不会有一个沃尔玛世界和另外一个其它世界。
• In ideas those two political parties are worlds apart.
  那两个政党在思想上很不统一。
• The two worlds are markedly different.
  两个世界判然不同。
• Man was drawing closer to the stars, opening new worlds.
  人类在接近各个星球，探索新的天体。
• Intellectually, this man and I are worlds apart
  在智力上，我和这个男子有天壤之别。
• Is there life on other worlds?
  其他星球上有生命吗？
• The old and new societies are two different worlds.
  新旧社会两重天。
• Even though we are worlds apart, you are all a part of my world.
  即使我们分开的是世界，你也是我所有的世界。
• Her living room provides the best of both worlds, with an office at one end and comfortable sofas at the other.
  她家客厅一头是办公处，一头是舒适的沙发，真是两全其美。
• Look, howard, we're in different worlds now, you and I.
  瞧，霍华德，你和我现在各自的生活天地不同了。