身體與情慾
最貼近字根的一家：直接指「肉身」那一邊，尤其是性。
adjective · C2
Connected with sex, or with what the body wants, rather than with the mind or the spirit.
肉體的；情慾的
核心畫面
You can think of carnal as a line drawn through a person. On one side is the flesh: the body, what it wants, what it can touch and own. On the other side is the spirit: the mind, the soul, things that are supposed to last. Carnal always names the first side, and it is nearly always used by someone who is looking at the second side while they say it.
carnal 可以想成在一個人身上畫一條線。線的一邊是「肉身」：身體、身體想要的東西、摸得到也帶不走的東西。另一邊是…更多收起
carnal 可以想成在一個人身上畫一條線。線的一邊是「肉身」：身體、身體想要的東西、摸得到也帶不走的東西。另一邊是「靈」：心智、靈魂、被認為能留下來的東西。carnal 永遠站在第一邊。而且用這個字的人，說話的時候通常正看著另一邊——所以它很少是中性的描述，多半帶著一點評價。From the word’s history
Wiktionary traces carnal to Latin caro, carnis (meat, flesh) through Late Latin carnalis (fleshy) and Old French charnel. The flesh is not a metaphor added later; it is what the word has always named.
Wiktionary 記錄 carnal 來自拉丁文 carō、carnis（肉），經過晚期拉丁文 carnālis（肉的）和古法文 charnel 才進入英文。也就是說，「肉」不是後來加上去的比喻，而是這個字從一開始就指著的東西。理解了這一點，兩個用法都不用另外記。
Wiktionary entry 'carnal' (kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:752913030), etymology_text: 'From Middle English carnal, from Old French charnel, from Late Latin carnālis (fleshy), from Latin carō, carnis (meat, flesh) + -ālis.'
Two branches
屬於這個世界的
從「肉身」再往外推一圈：不只是身體，連錢、地位、舒適這些看得見卻帶不走的東西，都被歸到同一邊。
adjective · C2
Belonging to this world and to ordinary daily life, rather than to the spirit; concerned with things that do not last.
屬世的；世俗的