Someone who is worldly-wise knows how life and people really work. They have been around, seen how deals get made and how people lie, and so they are hard to shock and hard to fool. If a stranger offers them something too good, they smell it straight away.

Someone who is worldly-wise一個worldly-wise的人 knows how life and people really work懂得生活和人真正是怎麼運作的 They have been around他們見過世面 seen how deals get made and how people lie看過交易是怎麼談成的、人是怎麼說謊的 and so they are hard to shock and hard to fool所以他們很難被嚇到，也很難被騙 If a stranger offers them something too good如果陌生人給他們一個好到不像話的條件 they smell it straight away他們馬上就聞得出不對勁

Two pieces of the meaning matter equally. One is knowledge — of money, of cities, of how people behave when nobody is watching. The other is protection — that knowledge keeps them safe.

Two pieces of the meaning matter equally這個字的意思裡有兩個部分同樣重要 One is knowledge一個是知識 — of money, of cities, of how people behave when nobody is watching對金錢、對城市、對沒人看著時人會怎麼做的了解 The other is protection另一個是保護 — that knowledge keeps them safe這份知識能讓他們保持安全

So it is usually a compliment, or at least a respectful description: "her worldly-wise aunt", "a worldly-wise old shopkeeper". Its opposite is naive, innocent, or green.

So it is usually a compliment所以這通常是一種稱讚 or at least a respectful description或至少是一種帶著敬意的描述 "her worldly-wise aunt", "a worldly-wise old shopkeeper"像"her worldly-wise aunt"（她那位老練的阿姨）、"a worldly-wise old shopkeeper"（一位老練的老店主） Its opposite is naive, innocent, or green它的反義詞是naive（天真）、innocent（單純），或green（沒經驗）

The word feels a bit literary and slightly old-fashioned; it turns up in novels more than in conversation. It is very often used about older people, and often about someone who did not get this wisdom from school.

The word feels a bit literary and slightly old-fashioned這個字給人有點文學性、又有點老派的感覺 it turns up in novels more than in conversation它出現在小說裡的頻率比在對話裡高 It is very often used about older people它很常用在年紀比較大的人身上 and often about someone who did not get this wisdom from school也常用在那些不是從學校學到這種智慧的人身上

There can be a faint shadow in it too — the suggestion that this person has lost some innocence to gain the knowledge, and may be a little too comfortable with how ugly the world is. The sentence decides how much of that shadow you hear.

There can be a faint shadow in it too這個字裡也可能帶著一絲淡淡的陰影 — the suggestion that this person has lost some innocence to gain the knowledge暗示這個人是失去了一些純真才換來這份知識 and may be a little too comfortable with how ugly the world is而且可能對這個世界的醜陋面已經有點太習慣了 The sentence decides how much of that shadow you hear這股陰影聽起來有多重，要看句子本身

Note that *worldly* on its own is a different word — it can mean concerned with money and possessions rather than the spirit. Worldly-wise is not about being greedy; it is about being hard to trick.

Note that *worldly* on its own is a different word要注意*worldly*單獨用是另一個字 — it can mean concerned with money and possessions rather than the spirit它可以是指看重金錢和物質而不是精神層面 Worldly-wise is not about being greedyworldly-wise講的不是貪心 it is about being hard to trick而是講很難被騙