屬於這個世界的事與物
這一組最貼近核心畫面：線的另一半是宗教與靈魂，這一半就是日常。
adjective · B2
Belonging to ordinary daily life — money, work, comfort, possessions, what other people think — rather than to religion or the spirit.
世俗的
核心畫面
Picture a line drawn through everything there is. On one side: prayer, the soul, whatever a person believes lasts forever. On the other side: money, work, clothes, dinner, what the neighbours think. Worldly points steadily at that second half — the things of this world. Every use grows out of that one gesture. The matters themselves are worldly concerns. All the things you own are your worldly goods. And a person who has spent a long time on that side of the line, and learned how it runs, is worldly too.
「worldly」可以想成一條把世界切成兩半的線。線的一邊是宗教、靈魂、永恆那些事。另一邊是錢、工作、面子、今天晚餐…更多收起
「worldly」可以想成一條把世界切成兩半的線。線的一邊是宗教、靈魂、永恆那些事。另一邊是錢、工作、面子、今天晚餐吃什麼。worldly 一直指著後面這一半——屬於這個世界的東西。它的每個用法都從這個手勢長出來：講事情時是「世俗的」，講家當時是你在這世上擁有的全部，講人時，則是一個在這半邊待久了、什麼都見過的人。From the word’s history
Old English woruldlīċ, literally world + -ly, meaning belonging to the world, earthly, secular. The modern word still does exactly that job.
古英文寫作 woruldlīċ，就是 world（世界）加上 -ly，字面意思是「屬於這個世界的」。今天的 worldly 做的還是同一件事，所以這個詞從頭到尾都站在「這個世界」這一邊。
Wiktionary entry supplied in the evidence packet (worldly, etymology 1: Middle English worldly < Old English woruldlīċ, world + -ly).
Two branches
在這個世界裡待久的人
從「事」轉到「人」：一個人在這半邊待久了，就把這裡的規矩摸熟了。
adjective · C1
Knowing a lot about people and about how life really works, because you have seen and done many things.
世故的