名 lifetime，life，generation，age，era ；

[例句] 在欧洲，阿迦汗三世表现得完全是另一副样子。 In Europe, Aga Khan III presented himself in a completely different light.

[例句] 汉普顿宫被作为礼物转送给了亨利八世。 Hampton Court was made over to Henry VIII as a present.

world，global，earth，welt，[电影]The World；

[例句] 日新月异的世界使这家公司感到了压力。 A changing world has put pressures on the company.

[例句] “接招”乐队是世界上最好的组合，就是这样的。 "Take That" are the best group in the whole world. So there.

Esperanto，universal language ；

[例句] 世界语是作为辅助语发明的。 Esperanto was invented as an auxiliary language.

[例句] 他世界语讲得极好. He speaks Esperanto admirably.

pass away，die ；

[例句] 这是该作曲家逝世40周年纪念日。 It was the fortieth anniversary of the death of the composer.

[例句] 他去年不幸逝世。 He unfortunately passed away last year.

die，pass away，depart，go aloft，go off ；

[例句] 戴利主教说他听到红衣主教去世的消息后感到极为震惊和难过。 Bishop Daly said he was devastated by news of the Cardinal's death.

[例句] 他在一家养老院去世，享年87岁。 He died in a nursing home at the age of 87.

[宗] this world，this mortal life，below the moon，earth，earthliness ；

[例句] 尘世的悲哀 the sorrows of this earthly life

[例句] 这个团体放弃一切尘世财物。 The group forswears all worldly possessions.

[佛教] future world，next world，the world to come，afterdeath，eternity ；

[例句] 你相信有来世吗？ Do you believe in a life hereafter?

[例句] 这传道士向我们许诺会有来世. The preacher promised us eternity.

this world，the world，the land of the living ；

[例句] 很遗憾，我不得不告诉您，珍妮特·韦斯特已经不在人世。 I'm sorry to have to tell you that Janet West is dead.

[例句] 天才往往在离开人世之后才得到认可。 Often a genius is recognized only after he is dead and gone.

(the) world，(the) earth，in society，in life ；

[例句] 世间万物都处在微妙的平衡中。 Everything you see exists together in a delicate balance.

[例句] 许多人不关心世间的困难,只是袖手旁观. Many people just sit back and do not get concerned about the world's difficulties.

bloodline，stock，pedigree，genealogy，descent ；

[例句] 这个家族将自己的世系追溯到诺曼征服者. The family has traced its ancestry to the Norman invaders.

[例句] 他们的世系可以直接追溯到18世纪。 They can trace their lineage directly back to the 18th century.

（处世经验） the ways of the world，the art of dealing with people；

[例句] 露西的冷淡与世故使得巴里十分不快。 Barry had his nose put out of joint by Lucy's aloof sophistication.

[例句] 这家人很富有，老于世故，而且见多识广。 The family are rich, and extremely sophisticated and cosmopolitan.

last phase (of an age)，[电影]The End of the World in Four Seasons；

[例句] 1你该知道, 末世必有危险的日子来到. This know also , that in the last days perilous times shall come.

[例句] 作者的新书描写了末世之后的东京, 熟悉的街道一片荒芜. The writer's book depicts post - apocalyptic Tokyo, where familiar streets lie deserted.

flourishing age，heyday ；

[例句] 公元5世纪为雅典的太平盛世.雅典最优秀的诗歌、戏剧 、 建筑和雕刻均产生于这一时期. Those were the halcyon days of Athens ( fifth century BC ) when she produced her finest poetry and drama, architecture and sculpture.

[例句] 奥康瑙尔家族盛世的光辉将一去不复返了. The full glory of the O'Connors will never return.

（流俗） common customs，secular，worldly ；

[例句] 他们于8月9号在威尼斯举行了世俗婚礼。 They were married on August 9 in a civil ceremony in Venice.

[例句] 教会在世俗事务上只能做这么多。 The church can only go so far in secular matters.

（世代冤仇） family feud，（世代仇人） bitter enemy，feud ；

[例句] 多年来他一直在寻求向莫里斯家族报世仇. For years he pursued a vendetta against the Morris family.

[例句] 这两个家族有好多代的世仇了. The two families have been feuding with each other for many generations.

later ages，later [future] generations，aftertime，afterworld ；

[例句] 惠特比镇因为布拉姆·斯托克著名的吸血鬼故事而名传后世。 The town of whitby was immortalised in Bram Stoker's famous Dracula story.

[例句] 诗人爱上了她，并以诗歌使她名传后世。 The poet fell in love with her and immortalized her in his verse.

be handed down from ancient times ；

[例句] 他之得以传世, 简单地说在于诚恳. One aspec of his enduring strength can be described, simply, as honesty.

[例句] 传世作品有《嘉禾八景图》、《水村图》等. His representative works are Eight Scenes of Jiahe and Water - bound Village.

extraction ；

[例句] 他的家世可追溯到诺曼人征服英国的时代. His family traces back to the Norman Conquest.

[例句] 他就自己的家世胡说个不停. He driveled on about his family.

common people，earthling ；

[例句] 世人为他的勇气和反抗精神震惊不已。 The world was electrified by his courage and resistance.

[例句] 他打着受过良好教育的幌子到处欺瞒世人。 He was able to fool the world with his veneer of education.

（才能、功绩等高出当代之上） unparalleled，matchless，peerless ；

[例句] 他是他那时代的盖世奇才. He was one of the most formidable intellects of his time.

[例句] 他武功盖世, 是个好身手. He is well - versed in kung fu , and is of no ordinary talent.