Worldling

(noun.) a person absorbed by the concerns and interests and pleasures of the present world.

校对:诺琳

• My meditative silence appeared to weigh upon the spirits of this worldling, and to force him, as it were, into talking to me against his own will. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• Until this dauntless worldling came in and broke the spell, and lifted the latch, we too have forborne to enter into that sad chamber. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Instead of being present, the life and soul of that struggling Institution, he had engaged to make one of a party of worldlings at a morning concert! 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• They were the worldlings of Judea. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.

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