单词 | world system |
释义 | > as lemmasworld system world system n. [compare French système du monde laws governing the movements of celestial objects (1691)] ΚΠ 1829 Foreign Rev. 3 473 Some poets..in so doing, ran a risk of kindling the new world-system by ancient fire. 1874 G. H. Lewes Probl. Life & Mind I. 85 Our parochial system will sometimes be favourably contrasted with the results of their world-system. 1977 P. Johnson Enemies of Society ii. 12 We have characterized its [sc. Freedom's] development into the Roman world-system as essentially a liberal economic process, presided over by a night-watchman state. 1999 M. Thompson Teach yourself Eastern Philos. iv. 122 Alongside the multiplicity of world systems, there is another important feature of Mahayana cosmology—the concept of hua-yen. < as lemmas |
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