英语词汇“the ways of the world”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

(a) the ways of the world: the customary or habitual actions and behaviour of people in society at large, esp. when viewed as a matter of practical knowledge and understanding acquired through experience; usually with the implication of lack of principle or moral laxity. Also occasionally the ways of this world. Cf. man of the world n., the ways of God at sense A. 16c.

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1549 W. Thomas Vanitee of World sig. Cvi^v Liftyng our eies vnto heauen, and our mindes aboue heauen: and confessyng our passed errours, the vanitees of our present lyfe, and the waies of the worlde.

1661 T. White Devotion & Reason vi. 73 He was according as we phrase it in English, a meer Scholler, and understood not the ways of the world, but was subject to be deluded by fraudulent Persons.

1712 Spectator No. 313. 369 Mr. Osburn speaking like a Man versed in the Ways of the World.

1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews I. i. iii. 9 He..was..as entirely ignorant of the Ways of this World, as an Infant just entered into it could possibly be.

1787 Daily Universal Reg. 14 Nov. 3 Undisciplined in the ways of the world,..she thought everyone was possessed with honour equally with herself.

1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan I. 23 After having grown old in the ways of the world..hypocrisy, ‘swapping’, trading, and evil speaking.

1879 Musical Times 20 641/1 His ebullitions of wrath, in which, being ignorant of the ways of the world and judging too hastily by appearances, he was often gruff and unjust.

1936 J. A. Lomax & A. Lomax Negro Folk-songs ii. iii. 113 He has hollered and moaned his troubles and his observations on the ways of the world.

1950 E. Wilson in Bit between my Teeth (1965) 270 He sometimes introduces a young person, unbroken to the ways of this world, who tries to take a stand against it.

1991 Time 1 July 71/3 A sudden glimpse of his unstable temper makes her realize how inexperienced she is in the ways of the world.

2001 B. K. Das tr. P. Ray Primal Land lxix. 205 Although she had never seen the inside of a school she was wise in the ways of the world.

单词	the ways of the world
释义	> as lemmas the ways of the world (a) the ways of the world: the customary or habitual actions and behaviour of people in society at large, esp. when viewed as a matter of practical knowledge and understanding acquired through experience; usually with the implication of lack of principle or moral laxity. Also occasionally the ways of this world. Cf. man of the world n., the ways of God at sense A. 16c. ΚΠ 1549 W. Thomas Vanitee of World sig. Cvi^v Liftyng our eies vnto heauen, and our mindes aboue heauen: and confessyng our passed errours, the vanitees of our present lyfe, and the waies of the worlde. 1661 T. White Devotion & Reason vi. 73 He was according as we phrase it in English, a meer Scholler, and understood not the ways of the world, but was subject to be deluded by fraudulent Persons. 1712 Spectator No. 313. 369 Mr. Osburn speaking like a Man versed in the Ways of the World. 1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews I. i. iii. 9 He..was..as entirely ignorant of the Ways of this World, as an Infant just entered into it could possibly be. View more context for this quotation 1787 Daily Universal Reg. 14 Nov. 3 Undisciplined in the ways of the world,..she thought everyone was possessed with honour equally with herself. 1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan I. 23 After having grown old in the ways of the world..hypocrisy, ‘swapping’, trading, and evil speaking. 1879 Musical Times 20 641/1 His ebullitions of wrath, in which, being ignorant of the ways of the world and judging too hastily by appearances, he was often gruff and unjust. 1936 J. A. Lomax & A. Lomax Negro Folk-songs ii. iii. 113 He has hollered and moaned his troubles and his observations on the ways of the world. 1950 E. Wilson in Bit between my Teeth (1965) 270 He sometimes introduces a young person, unbroken to the ways of this world, who tries to take a stand against it. 1991 Time 1 July 71/3 A sudden glimpse of his unstable temper makes her realize how inexperienced she is in the ways of the world. 2001 B. K. Das tr. P. Ray Primal Land lxix. 205 Although she had never seen the inside of a school she was wise in the ways of the world. extracted from wayn.¹int.¹ < as lemmas
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