earthly
- adj. （通常作定语）地球的，地上的；尘世的，人间的，现世的；可能的（多用于 no earthly reason 等否定短语，表示“根本没有”）
[ 比较级 earthlier 最高级 earthliest ]
英英释义
earthly [ 'ə:θli ]
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adj.
of or belonging to or characteristic of this earth as distinguished from heaven
"earthly beings"; "believed that our earthly life is all that matters"; "earthly love"; "our earthly home"
以上来源于: WordNet
柯林斯英汉双解大词典
earthly /ˈɜːθlɪ/ TEM4
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ADJ Earthly means happening in the material world of our life on earth and not in any spiritual life or life after death. 尘世的 [ADJ n]
例：...the need to confront evil during the earthly life.
…尘世生活中对抗罪恶的需要。
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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] [强调]
例：There is no earthly reason why they should ever change.
他们毫无理由改变。
双语例句原声例句权威例句
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The fay lived in groups called the faerie, between the heavenly and earthly realms.
fay 合群而居就称为 faerie，生活在仙境和尘世之间 。
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There's no earthly reason why you shouldn't go.
你完全没有理由不去。
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No dear,Nature made you so perfectly that this small defect shocks me as being a sign of earthly imperfection."
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We have the god of poetry, Phoebus Apollo himself, who makes an appearance, and he chides Milton for being so concerned with earthly fame -- more on that later.
这里诗歌之神，科巴士·阿波罗，露面了，他责备弥尔顿,这么在意世俗的名声--下面再谈这个问题。
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The Elder Brother is issuing this theory without any consideration, - obviously, whatsoever of earthly reality and we're shocked by -- I don't know how else to put it.
大哥没有经过任何思考就提出了这个理论，显然，尘世间的任何事实都让我们震惊了-,我不知道怎么去说。
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