单词 | the way of the world |
释义 | > as lemmasthe way of the world (b) the way of the world: the customary course of events; the manner in which people typically think or behave; the way things are. Chiefly used to express resigned acceptance of a regrettable but predictable state of affairs. ΚΠ 1621 T. W. tr. S. Goulart Wise Vieillard 166 We shall follow the dead, whom we haue not lost, but giuen vp vnto God, who are gone but a little before vs: It is the way of the world [Fr. c'est le chemin du monde], our life doth so manifest it. 1700 W. Congreve Way of World v. i. 87 Even so Sir, 'tis the way of the World, Sir. 1729 W. Law Serious Call i. 13 Here you see, that one person has Religion enough, according to the way of the world, to be reckon'd a pious Christian. 1785 Daily Universal Reg. 23 July 3 If the friend betrays you, or if your health is injured by the woman, be comforted; it is the way of the world. 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas II. v. i. 343 This is the way of the world! Every one fancies himself to be..superior to his neighbour. 1850 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis II. xviii. 176 Almost every person [in this story], according to his nature,..and according to the way of the world as it seems to us, is occupied about Number One. 1888 Science 27 July 43 Well, this is the way of the world. It is the fate of all great doctrines..to fall into the hands of practical men who troubled themselves but little about their abstract truth. 1921 E. A. Ross Princ. of Sociol. lv. 659 Such is the way of the world. 1991 J. Barnes Talking it Over xiii. 194 One person's happiness is often built upon another person's unhappiness, that's the way of the world. 2003 K. Sampson Freshers 45 It'd be different if she was a honey. I'm just being honest. It's the way of the world. < as lemmas |
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