earthly
柯林斯詞典
1. ADJ Earthly means happening in the material world of our life on earth and not in any spiritual life or life after death. 塵世的[ADJ n]
...the need to confront evil during the earthly life. …塵世生活中對抗罪惡的需要。
2. ADJ Earthly is used for emphasis in phrases such as no earthly reason. If you say that there is no earthly reason why something should happen, you are emphasizing that there is no reason at all why it should happen. 根本[ADJ n] [強調(diào)]
There is no earthly reason why they should ever change. 他們毫無理由改變。
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earthly /???θl?/
劍橋詞典
- literary
happening in or relating to this world and this physical life , not in heaven or relating to a spiritual life
塵世的;人間的;世俗的
his earthly existence 他的一世塵緣
earthly powers 世俗權(quán)力
used in questions or negatives to mean possible
(用于疑問句或否定句中)可能的,能想到的
What earthly reason can she have for being so horrible to you? 她對你這么不友好,到底什么原因? 返回 earthly