单词 | world-weariness |
释义 | > as lemmasˈworld-weariness ˈworld-weariness n. Π 1834 N. P. Willis in New Monthly Mag. Dec. 450 Why can we not bottle up thy hours like the wine of a better vintage, and enjoy them in the parched world-weariness of age! 1907 Amer. Jrnl. Theol. 11 266 One of his best-known hymns..contains all the forms of unchildlike religious sentiment: sin, contrition, world-weariness, [etc.]. 2000 A. Shanks in A. Hastings et al. Oxf. Compan. Christian Thought 480/2 His criticism of the original gospel of Jesus is the same as his criticism of Buddhism: that it represents a form of decadent world-weariness. < as lemmas |
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