| 单词 | a world away |
| 释义 | > as lemmasa world away (from) b. a world away (from): vastly different or distant (from); = worlds away (from) at Phrases 32c. ΚΠ 1841 New Monthly Mag. 61 34 The cravings of the passion are directed into some channel, a world away from the attainments, position, havings, and expectancies of the individual. 1922 Classical Rev. 36 193 An address by Dr. Mackail..dazzles us with a view of an ode of Horace..(and what a world away from the traditional commentaries). 1976 National Observer (U.S.) 31 Jan. 1/3 A world away, at Philadelphia, Congress was trying almost single-mindedly to settle its grievances with England peacefully. 1992 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Jrnl. 23 July c1/2 In the 1988 Summer Olympics, the boats raced on the waters of the mighty Han River in Korea, a world away. 2006 Prospect Aug. 10/1 Most anti-Jewish feeling is a world away from ‘traditional’ antisemitism. < as lemmas |
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