otherworldly

参见：other-worldly

英语

词源

otherworld +‎ -ly

发音

• (美国) 英语发音：ŭth'ər-wûrldʹli、国际音标^(帮助)：/ˌʌðɚˈwɝld.li/

形容词

otherworldly (比较级 more otherworldly，最高级 most otherworldly)

1. 来世的，阴间的，冥界的，另一世界的

   近义词： ethereal、mystical、transcendental

   • 1917, H. G. Wells, God, the Invisible King, ch. 5,

     Every religion that becomes ascendant, in so far as it is not otherworldly, must necessarily set its stamp upon the methods and administration of the law.

   • 2007 8月 26, Clive Davis, “Simphiwe Dana: The One Love Movement on Bantu Biko Street”, 出自 Times of London‎^[1]:

     Dana has the otherworldly temperament of a mystic.

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2. 怪异的，不自然的；超凡的；不属于这个世界的

   近义词： alien

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   • 2015 4月 15, Jonathan Martin, “For a Clinton, It’s Not Hard to Be Humble in an Effort to Regain Power”, 出自 The New York Times‎^[2]:

     An almost otherworldly resilience has characterized the 40-year arc of the Clintons’ political lives, a well-documented pattern of dazzling success, shattering setback and inevitable recovery.

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   • 2021 9月 1, Michael Levenson, Anne Barnard, “Scenes from New York City as Ida paralyzes region”, 出自 The New York Times‎^[3], →ISSN:

     The sudden inundation from the remnants of Ida transformed familiar scenes of life in New York into otherworldly and waterlogged chaos on Wednesday night.

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其他形式

• other-worldly