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单词 world-weary
释义
world-weary
adjective
uk
/ˈwɜːldˌwɪə.ri/us
/ˈwɝːldˌwɪr.i/
Someone who is world-weary is notenthusiasticabout anything, often because they have had too muchexperienceof aparticularway oflife:
厌世的；厌弃人生的
15yearsin theteachingprofessionhadlefthim world-weary andcynical.15年的执教生涯使他悲观厌世、愤世疾俗。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Lacking interest and enthusiasm
  • anaemic
  • apathetic
  • apathy
  • aridity
  • blah
  • blankly
  • flatly
  • half-hearted
  • half-heartedly
  • hell
  • nonchalance
  • nonchalant
  • nonchalantly
  • nonconcern
  • passionless
  • unmotivated
  • vacant
  • vacantly
  • world-weariness
  • yourheart isn't in itidiom
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world-weariness
(Definition ofworld-wearyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofworld-weary

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And theatre was leading the way by letting theworld-wearyculture vultures in all of us have a taste of the tragic, even at this late date.
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He was a very wise old chap, although sometimes he soundedworld-weary.
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The moreworld-wearyamong us feel that we have wasted 21 years waiting for an integrated planning strategy.
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Before then, the grandiloquent posturings ofworld-wearystatesmen in their council chambers will be seen as the mutterings of emperors without clothes.
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The innocence of trust and respect has been supplanted by an adolescent andworld-wearycynicism.
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We cannot afford the presentworld-wearyand negative attitude in official circles.
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In this case the rake is getting a little moreworld-wearyand perhaps a little wiser.
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The problem about having spent a long time working on a problem is that one tends to develop a certainworld-wearycynicism at seeing the wheel being enthusiastically reinvented.
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Enchanted by the unspoilt island, she conceives the idea of settling in a remote gte there and making it a rest-home forworld-wearyfriends.
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His voice is noted for its range and has been called soaring redemptive at onceworld-wearyand angelic, cynical and charming at the same time.
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He initially makes a hip impression on the students because of his happy-go-lucky attitude,world-wearydemeanor, and tales of defying authority and schoolwork.
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She played heroines that were at once sensual and pure, superficial and profound, suffering and hopeful,world-wearyand life-inspiring.
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His new project, to establish a monastery home forworld-wearyintellectuals, was supported by the local bishops.
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One played a trebly, stinging slide guitar; the other sang in an anguished,world-wearyvoice.
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He speaks with a biting wit and aworld-wearyair.
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