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词汇 earthly
释义 earthly
adjective
uk /ˈɜːθ.li/ us /ˈɝːθ.li/
literary
happening in or relating to this world and this physical life, not in heaven or relating to a spiritual life: 尘世的;人间的;世俗的
his earthly existence他的一世尘缘
earthly powers世俗权力
used in questions or negatives to mean possible: (用于疑问句或否定句中)可能的,能想到的
earthly reasonWhat earthly reason can she have for being so horrible to you?她对你这么不友好,到底什么原因?
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

that might or might not happen
possibleI suppose it's possible that she just forgot my birthday, but it's unlikely.
potentialShe is being mentioned as a potential successor to the leader.
imaginableThe pens came in every colour imaginable.
conceivableIt is conceivable that they'll agree to our terms, but I wouldn't bet on it.
thinkableThe existence of something like the internet would not have even been thinkable in Einstein's day.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Religious concepts: profanity
impiety
sacrilege
sacrilegious
secular
secularly
this-worldly
unscriptural
unworldly
worldly

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Possible and probable

earthly | American Dictionary


earthly
adjective[ not gradable ]
us/ˈɜrθ·li/

earthlyadjective[not gradable] (POSSIBLE)


(used in questions or negatives) possible:
What earthly reason can she have for being so rude?

earthlyadjective[not gradable] (OF PHYSICAL WORLD)


happening in or related to the physical world or real life:
All my earthly possessions are in that moving van.

Examples of earthly


earthly
On one level the river of art history is flowing inexorably ' down ' over the course of centuries, towards the degraded end of earthly sensuality.
Does the one-life religious scheme not have an advantage here, since its after-life personality is the same personality as the earthly one ?
They do this in something very close to the original order of earthly genealogy.
Either way, a resurrection life is neither more nor less free than an earthly life.
The algorithm takes a set of earthly biographies as input and produces a set of improved resurrection biographies as output.
As the new and improved body grows, memories of earthly life can be encoded in its new brain.
The earthly fulfillment of this society added an electrifying dimension to divine promise.
Salvation for any given individual is always a real possibility at any time, either in the earthly or the post-mortem existence.
Each earthly body is followed by a set of first-generation resurrection counterparts (in first-generation universes).
Through the power of the conceit, the two unlike parts of this metaphor evolve toward such similitude that the earthly poet takes on sacred power.
On the one hand, rising marriage dowries meant that many parents could not afford to marry all their daughters to earthly husbands.
He does not allow his body to be read or penetrated by the gaze of earthly readers, but deflects our eyes with his incessant monologue.
Her burial inside the church near the main altar and the many masses offered for her soul confirmed her earthly prominence.
During their earthly lives it is hardened in error.
The old earthly tent is not the same person as the new spiritual tent.
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