| 单词 | world sorrow |
| 释义 | > as lemmasworld sorrow world sorrow n. [in later use probably re-formed after either German Weltsorge (a1813 or earlier, rare) or Weltschmerz Weltschmerz n.] worldly care; an instance of this. ΚΠ eOE tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (Tanner) iv. xxi. 318 Bæd heo swiðe longe þone cyning, þæt heo moste weoruldsorge & gemænne forlætan, & heo forlete in mynstre þæm soðan cyninge Criste þeowian. lOE King Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Bodl.) iii. 8 Gewitaþ nu awirgede woruldsorga of mines þegenes mode. 1858 S. F. Dunlap Vestiges Spirit-hist. Man xii. 344 The deepest feeling of the discerning wise man is a great general world-sorrow. 1928 H. Flanagan Shifting Scenes Mod. European Theatre 83 The rich fabric of their lives, passionate, yearning, tragic with world sorrow. 2002 Independent on Sunday (Nexis) 14 Apr. 17 You have to admire someone who fought so hard against a world-sorrow entirely opaque to those around him. < as lemmas |
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