sublunary[,sʌb'lju:nəri; 'sʌbl-]1.■【天文学】adj.1.■月下的;地球与月球之间的2.■受月球影响的3.■地球上的;地球特有的4.■尘世的,现世的[亦作 sublunar]n.1.■[the sublunary]月下点,月亮的瞬间地理位置
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adjective
- (poetic/literary)belonging to this world as contrasted with a better or more spiritual one
(诗/文)尘世的,人间的
the concept was irrational to sublunary minds.
在凡人想来那个概念不合理。
- late 16th cent. (in the sense 'terrestrial'): from modern Latin sublunaris
sublunary
形容词 sublunary:
situated between the earth and the moon
of this earth
同义词:sublunar, terrestrial
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■find transcendental motives for sublunary action-Aldous Huxley.
发现尘世生活的超凡的目的-奥尔德斯·赫胥黎。
■But the Baron was exalted by wine, wrath, and scorn, above all sublunary considerations
可是,男爵由于喝了酒,又气愤,又轻蔑,一切都在所不计了。
■A marriage where not only esteem, but passion is kept awake, is, I am convinced, the most perfect state of sublunary happiness.
我相信,那种夫妻间的相敬如宾,并充满激情的婚姻,是人间幸福最完美的境界。
■This sublunary sphere appeared no longer as a vale of tears, a place of painful pilgrimage to another world, but as affording opportunity for pagan delights, for fame and beauty and adventure.
拜占庭学者西行,西方学者得读柏拉图原作,识其真谛,此与读僧侣篡疏之本,迥然不同。昔者,人间是烦恼悲泣之地,居尘世者,必升入天堂,始离苦海。
■Everything sublunary is on the move, time knows nothing of rest.
每一件事物都在移动,时间永不休止。
■transcendental motives for sublunary actions;
现世行为的超凡动机;
■transcendental motives for sublunary actions; fleeting sublunary pleasures; the nearest to an angelic being that treads this terrestrial ball.
现世行为的超凡动机;短暂的世俗之乐;在现世的舞台上近乎天使般的人。
■fleeting sublunary pleasures;
短暂的世俗之乐;
■I enlarged upon many other topics, which the natural desire of endless life, and sublunary happiness, could easily furnish me with.
长生不老的自然欲望和尘世的幸福又使我在许多其他方面滔滔不绝地说了如此许多。