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When a person, a way of life, or a set of thoughts is otherworldly, it belongs with God, spirits, prayer, and a world beyond this one — not with buses, bills, and ordinary Tuesday.
When a person, a way of life, or a set of thoughts當一個人、一種生活方式、或一套想法 is otherworldly是出世的 it belongs with God, spirits, prayer, and a world beyond this one它跟神、靈、禱告，以及此世之外的另一個世界有關 not with buses, bills, and ordinary Tuesday而不是跟公車、帳單、平凡的星期二有關
An otherworldly priest or nun may seem barely interested in money, fashion, or gossip; their mind is somewhere else. People use it of ideas as well as of people: an otherworldly hope is one that looks past daily life toward heaven or some other unseen place.
An otherworldly priest or nun一個出世的神父或修女 may seem barely interested in money, fashion, or gossip可能看起來對金錢、時尚、或八卦都沒什麼興趣 their mind is somewhere else他們的心思在別的地方 People use it of ideas as well as of people這個字不只用在人身上，也用在想法上 an otherworldly hope一個出世的希望 is one that looks past daily life toward heaven or some other unseen place是那種望向日常生活之外、朝向天堂或某個看不見的地方的希望
Though actually, speakers also stretch it. A voice, a landscape, or a film can feel otherworldly if it is so strange or so beautiful that it does not seem to belong on this street.
Though actually不過實際上 speakers also stretch it大家也會把這個字用得更寬鬆 if it is so strange or so beautiful如果它奇特或美得 that it does not seem to belong on this street不像是屬於這條街上的東西 A voice, a landscape, or a film一段聲音、一片風景、或一部電影 can feel otherworldly也可以讓人覺得出世
The word is not rude, but it can sound dreamy, even a little critical: “She’s a bit otherworldly” may mean she is kind and far away, and not very practical. It is more a book-and-review word than a kitchen-table one, though people will understand it.
The word is not rude這個字不算粗魯 but it can sound faintly dreamy, even a little critical但聽起來會有點夢幻，甚至帶點批評的味道 "She's a bit otherworldly"「她有點出世」 may mean she is kind and far away, and not very practical可能是說她人很好、心卻不在這裡，也不太實際 It is more a book-and-review word than a kitchen-table one它比較是書評、文章裡會用的字，不是餐桌上會講的字 though people will understand it不過大家聽得懂
組成other + world + -ly. From other world (a world beyond death, or a world that is not this everyday one) + -ly (having the likeness of).
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
otherworldlyadj/ˌʌðəˈwɜːldli/
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Of, concerned with, or preoccupied with a world different from the tangible world, especially a fantasy, imaginary, or mystical world.
- In Just My Type: A Book about Fonts (2010) Simon Garfield describes [Edward] Johnston as 'a gaunt fine-boned man with a full moustache', and there's a picture of him at work with a quill pen that makes him look as other-worldly as a medieval sprite.
- The bull kelp forests off Northern California are sometimes spoken of as the redwoods of the sea. And like the redwoods, these forests are in danger. In less than a decade, these otherworldly undersea landscapes, lush with life, have all but disappeared along 200 miles of coast north of San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge.
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Of, concerned with, or preoccupied with a world different from the tangible world, especially a fantasy, imaginary, or mystical world.
- He had not seen cricket played since the war began; it seemed almost other-worldly, with the click of the bats, and the shrill young voices, under the distant drone of that sky-hornet threshing along to Hendon.
- 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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Of, concerned with, or preoccupied with spiritual matters.
- Every religion that becomes ascendant, in so far as it is not other-worldly, must necessarily set its stamp upon the methods and administration of the law.
- [Leo] Tolstoy was not a saint, but he tried very hard to make himself into a saint, and the standards he applied to literature were other-worldly ones.
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obsoleterareOf or relating to the imagination or intellect.
- It is easy with the other-worldly gifts to be a schöne Seele [beautiful soul]; but to the large vision of [Johann Wolfgang von] Goethe that seemed to be a phase of life that a man might feel all round and leave behind him.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。