名詞 world:

1. everything that exists anywhere
   同義詞：universe, existence, creation, cosmos, macrocosm
2. all of your experiences that determine how things appear to you
   同義詞：reality
3. people in general; especially a distinctive group of people with some shared interest
   同義詞：domain
4. the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
   同義詞：Earth, globe
5. the concerns of this life as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife
   同義詞：worldly concern, earthly concern, earth
6. a part of the earth that can be considered separately
7. people in general considered as a whole
   同義詞：populace, public
8. all of the living human inhabitants of the earth
   同義詞：human race, humanity, humankind, human beings, humans, mankind, man

形容詞 world:

1. involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope
   同義詞：global, planetary, worldwide, world-wide

1. He wanted to tell the news to the world.
   他要把這件事告訴每一個(gè)人。
2. I don't care what the world thinks.
   我不在乎上流社會怎樣看。
3. The travel enlarged my world.
   這次旅行擴(kuò)大了我的眼界。
4. He is the richest man in the world.
   他是世界上最富有的人。

world

n.（名詞）
The earth.
地球，世界
The universe.
宇宙
The earth with its inhabitants.
地球及其居民
The inhabitants of the earth; the human race.
地球的居民；人類

Humankind considered as social beings; human society:
人類社會：被看作社會人的人類；人類社會：
例句：
turned her back on the world.
讓她回到人類社會

People as a whole; the public:
世人：作為整體的人們；公眾：
例句：
The event amazed the world.
這個(gè)事件震驚了世人

Often World A specified part of the earth:
常作 World 地球上的某一特定地區(qū)：
例句：
the Western World.
西方世界

A part of the earth and its inhabitants as known at a given period in history:
世界：處于某一指定的歷史時(shí)期的地球上的一部分及其居民：
例句：
the ancient world.
古代世界

A realm or domain:
王國或領(lǐng)地：
例句：
the animal world; the world of imagination.
動物世界；想象的世界

A sphere of human activity or interest:
領(lǐng)域：人類活動或興趣領(lǐng)域：
例句：
the world of sports.
體育領(lǐng)域

A class or group of people with common characteristics or pursuits:
界，類別：一個(gè)階層或一群有共同特點(diǎn)或追求的人：
例句：
the scientific world.
科學(xué)界

A particular way of life:
特殊的生活方式：
例句：
the world of the homeless.
無家可歸者的生活方式

All that relates to or affects the life of a person:
個(gè)人生活的全部：一切跟一個(gè)人的生活有關(guān)或影響其生活的東西：
例句：
He saw his world collapse about him.
他看見他的世界在崩潰

Secular life and its concerns:
世俗，塵世：世俗的生活和它的事：
例句：
a man of the world.
塵世中人

Human existence; life:
人類的存在；生命：
例句：
brought a child into the world.
生孩子

A state of existence:
生存的狀態(tài)：
例句：
the next world.
來世

Often worlds A large amount; much:
常作 worlds 大量；許多：
例句：
did her a world of good; candidates that are worlds apart on foreign policy.
給她很多好處；在外交政策中分歧很大的候選人們

A celestial body such as a planet:
天體，如行星：
例句：
the possibility of life on other worlds.
其它星球上可能存在的生命

adj.（形容詞）
Of or relating to the world:
世界的：世界的或跟世界有關(guān)的：
例句：
a world champion.
世界冠軍

Involving or extending throughout the entire world:
全世界的：包括或擴(kuò)展到整個(gè)世界的：
例句：
a world crisis.
世界危機(jī)

<習(xí)慣用語>for all the world
In all respects; precisely:
各方面地；準(zhǔn)確地：
例句：
She looked for all the world like a movie star.
她的確向往電影明星

in the world
Used as an intensive:
用作加強(qiáng)語氣詞：
例句：
How in the world did they manageô I never in the world would have guessed.
他們究竟怎樣辦到的ô我無論如何也猜不到

out of this world【非正式用語】
Extraordinary; superb:
特別的；超級的：
例句：
The dinner was out of this world.
晚餐棒極了

the world over
Throughout the world:
遍及全世界：
例句：
known the world over.
全球聞名

world without end
Forever.
永遠(yuǎn)
來源：
Middle English
中古英語
from Old English weorold * see wo-ro-
源自 古英語 weorold *參見 wo-ro-