world /w'ɚld/
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world
世界,地球,宇宙,萬物,世人,人間,領域,世事,世故,社會生活,大量
資料來源(2): Taiwan MOE computer dictionary [moecomp]
world
全體用戶
資料來源(3): Network Terminology [netterm]
world
世界
資料來源(4): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]
World \World\, n. [OE. world, werld, weorld, weoreld, AS.
weorold, worold; akin to OS. werold, D. wereld, OHG. weralt,
worolt, werolt, werlt, G. welt, Icel. ver["o]ld, Sw. verld,
Dan. verden; properly, the age of man, lifetime, humanity;
AS. wer a man + a word akin to E. old; cf. AS. yld lifetime,
age, ylde men, humanity. Cf. {Werewolf}, {Old}.]
1. The earth and the surrounding heavens; the creation; the
system of created things; existent creation; the universe.
The invisible things of him from the creation of the
world are clearly seen. --Rom. 1. 20.
With desire to know, What nearer might concern him,
how this world Of heaven and earth conspicuous first
began. --Milton.
2. Any planet or heavenly body, especially when considered as
inhabited, and as the scene of interests analogous with
human interests; as, a plurality of worlds. ``Lord of the
worlds above.'' --I. Watts.
Amongst innumerable stars, that shone Star distant,
but high-hand seemed other worlds. --Milton.
There may be other worlds, where the inhabitants
have never violated their allegiance to their
almighty Sovereign. --W. B.
Sprague.
3. The earth and its inhabitants, with their concerns; the
sum of human affairs and interests.
That forbidden tree, whose mortal taste Brought
death into the world, and all our woe. --Milton.
4. In a more restricted sense, that part of the earth and its
concerns which is known to any one, or contemplated by any
one; a division of the globe, or of its inhabitants; human
affairs as seen from a certain position, or from a given
point of view; also, state of existence; scene of life and
action; as, the Old World; the New World; the religious
world; the Catholic world; the upper world; the future
world; the heathen world.
One of the greatest in the Christian world Shall be
my surety. --Shak.
Murmuring that now they must be put to make war
beyond the world's end -- for so they counted
Britain. --Milton.
5. The customs, practices, and interests of men; general
affairs of life; human society; public affairs and
occupations; as, a knowledge of the world.
Happy is she that from the world retires. --Waller.
If knowledge of the world makes man perfidious, May
Juba ever live in ignorance. --Addison.
6. Individual experience of, or concern with, life; course of
life; sum of the affairs which affect the individual; as,
to begin the world with no property; to lose all, and
begin the world anew.
7. The inhabitants of the earth; the human race; people in
general; the public; mankind.
Since I do purpose to marry, I will think nothing to
any purpose that the world can say against it.
--Shak.
Tell me, wench, how will the world repute me For
undertaking so unstaid a journey? --Shak.
8. The earth and its affairs as distinguished from heaven;
concerns of this life as distinguished from those of the
life to come; the present existence and its interests;
hence, secular affairs; engrossment or absorption in the
affairs of this life; worldly corruption; the ungodly or
wicked part of mankind.
I pray not for the world, but for them which thou
hast given me; for they are thine. --John xvii.
9.
Love not the world, neither the things that are in
the world. If any man love the world, the love of
the Father is not in him. For all that is in the
world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the
eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father,
but is of the world. --1 John ii.
15, 16.
9. As an emblem of immensity, a great multitude or quantity;
a large number. ``A world of men.'' --Chapman. ``A world
of blossoms for the bee.'' --Bryant.
Nor doth this wood lack worlds of company. --Shak.
A world of woes dispatched in little space.
--Dryden.
{All . . . in the world}, all that exists; all that is
possible; as, all the precaution in the world would not
save him.
{A world to see}, a wonder to see; something admirable or
surprising to see. [Obs.]
O, you are novices; 't is a world to see How tame,
when men and women are alone, A meacock wretch can
make the curstest shrew. --Shak.
{For all the world}.
(a) Precisely; exactly.
(b) For any consideration.
{Seven wonders of the world}. See in the Dictionary of Noted
Names in Fiction.
{To go to the world}, to be married. [Obs.] ``Thus goes every
one to the world but I . . .; I may sit in a corner and
cry heighho for a husband!'' --Shak.
{World's end}, the end, or most distant part, of the world;
the remotest regions.
{World without end}, eternally; forever; everlastingly; as if
in a state of existence having no end.
Throughout all ages, world without end. --Eph. iii.
21.
資料來源(5): WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]
world
adj : involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in
scope; "global war"; "global monetary policy"; "neither
national nor continental but planetary"; "a world
crisis"; "of worldwide significance" [syn: {global}, {planetary},
{world(a)}, {worldwide}]
n 1: all of the inhabitants of the earth; "all the world loves a
lover"; "she always used `humankind' because `mankind'
seemed to slight the women" [syn: {human race}, {humanity},
{humankind}, {human beings}, {humans}, {mankind}, {man}]
2: everything that exists anywhere; "they study the evolution
of the universe"; "the biggest tree in existence" [syn: {universe},
{existence}, {creation}, {cosmos}, {macrocosm}]
3: all of your experiences that determine how things appear to
you; "his world was shattered"; "we live in different
worlds"; "for them demons were as much a part of reality
as trees were" [syn: {reality}]
4: people in general; especially a distinctive group of people
with some shared interest; "the Western world" [syn: {domain}]
5: the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet on which we live;
"the Earth moves around the sun"; "he sailed around the
world" [syn: {Earth}, {globe}]
6: the concerns of the world as distinguished from heaven and
the afterlife; "they consider the church to be independent
of the world" [syn: {worldly concern}, {earthly concern},
{earth}]
7: a part of the earth that can be considered separately; "the
outdoor world"; "the world of insects"
8: people in general considered as a whole; "he is a hero in
the eyes of the public" [syn: {populace}, {public}]
資料來源(6): The CIA World Factbook (1995) [world95]
World
World:Geography
Map references: World, Time Zones
Area:
total area: 510.072 million sq km
land area: 148.94 million sq km
water area: 361.132 million sq km
comparative area: land area about 16 times the size of the US
note: 70.8% of the world is water, 29.2% is land
Land boundaries: the land boundaries in the world total 250,883.64 km
(not counting shared boundaries twice)
Coastline: 356,000 km
Maritime claims:
contiguous zone: 24 nm claimed by most but can vary
continental shelf: 200-m depth claimed by most or to depth of
exploitation, others claim 200 nm or to the edge of the continental
margin
exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm claimed by most but can vary
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm claimed by most but can vary
territorial sea: 12 nm claimed by most but can vary
note: boundary situations with neighboring states prevent many
countries from extending their fishing or economic zones to a full 200
nm; 43 nations and other areas that are landlocked include
Afghanistan, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bhutan,
Bolivia, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad,
Czech Republic, Ethiopia, Holy See (Vatican City), Hungary,
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg,
Malawi, Mali, Moldova, Mongolia, Nepal, Niger, Paraguay, Rwanda, San
Marino, Slovakia, Swaziland, Switzerland, Tajikistan, The Former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Uzbekistan, West
Bank, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Climate: two large areas of polar climates separated by two rather
narrow temperate zones from a wide equatorial band of tropical to
subtropical climates
Terrain: highest elevation is Mt. Everest at 8,848 meters and lowest
depression is the Dead Sea at 392 meters below sea level; greatest
ocean depth is the Marianas Trench at 10,924 meters
Natural resources: the rapid using up of nonrenewable mineral
resources, the depletion of forest areas and wetlands, the extinction
of animal and plant species, and the deterioration in air and water
quality (especially in Eastern Europe and the former USSR) pose
serious long-term problems that governments and peoples are only
beginning to address
Land use:
arable land: 10%
permanent crops: 1%
meadows and pastures: 24%
forest and woodland: 31%
other: 34%
Irrigated land: NA sq km
Environment:
current issues: large areas subject to overpopulation, industrial
disasters, pollution (air, water, acid rain, toxic substances), loss
of vegetation (overgrazing, deforestation, desertification), loss of
wildlife, soil degradation, soil depletion, erosion
natural hazards: large areas subject to severe weather (tropical
cyclones), natural disasters (earthquakes, landslides, tsunamis,
volcanic eruptions)
international agreements: 23 selected international environmental
agreements included under the Environment entry for each country and
in Appendix E: Selected International Environmental Agreements
World:People
Population: 5,733,687,096 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 31.6% (female 882,809,689; male 928,121,801)
15-64 years: 62% (female 1,752,393,539; male 1,802,004,124)
65 years and over: 6.4% (female 209,437,234; male 158,246,581) (July
1995 est.)
Population growth rate: 1.5% (1995 est.)
Birth rate: 24 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)
Death rate: 9 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 64 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 62 years
male: 61 years
female: 64 years (1995 est.)
Total fertility rate: 3.1 children born/woman (1995 est.)
Labor force: 2.24 billion (1992)
by occupation: NA
World:Government
Digraph: XX
Administrative divisions: 265 nations, dependent areas, other, and
miscellaneous entries
Legal system: varies by individual country; 186 (note including
Yugoslavia) are parties to the United Nations International Court of
Justice (ICJ or World Court)
Economy
Overview: Led by recovery in Western Europe and strong performances by
the US, Canada, and key Third World countries, real global output -
gross world product (GWP) - rose 3% in 1994 compared with 2% in 1993.
Results varied widely among regions and countries. Average growth of
3% in the GDP of industrialized countries (60% of GWP in 1994) and
average growth of 6% in the GDP of less developed countries (34% of
GWP) were partly offset by a further 11% drop in the GDP of the former
USSR/Eastern Europe area (now only 6% of GWP). With the notable
exception of Japan at 2.9%, unemployment was typically 5%-12% in the
industrial world. The US accounted for 22% of GWP in 1994; Western
Europe accounted for another 22%; and Japan accounted for 8%. These
are the three "economic superpowers" which are presumably destined to
compete for mastery in international markets on into the 21st century.
As for the less developed countries, China, India, and the Four
Dragons - South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore - once again
posted records of 5% growth or better; however, many other countries,
especially in Africa, continued to suffer from drought, rapid
population growth, inflation, and civil strife. Central Europe made
considerable progress in moving toward "market-friendly" economies,
whereas the 15 ex-Soviet countries (with the notable exceptions of the
three Baltic states) typically experienced further declines in output,
sometimes as high as 30%. Externally, the nation-state, as a bedrock
economic-political institution, is steadily losing control over
international flows of people, goods, funds, and technology.
Internally, the central government in a number of cases is losing
control over resources as separatist regional movements - typically
based on ethnicity - gain momentum, e.g., in the successor states of
the former Soviet Union, in the former Yugoslavia, and in India. In
Western Europe, governments face the difficult political problem of
channeling resources away from welfare programs in order to increase
investment and strengthen incentives to seek employment. The addition
of nearly 100 million people each year to an already overcrowded globe
is exacerbating the problems of pollution, desertification,
underemployment, epidemics, and famine. Because of their own internal
problems, the industrialized countries have inadequate resources to
deal effectively with the poorer areas of the world, which, at least
from the economic point of view, are becoming further marginalized.
(For the specific economic problems of each country, see the
individual country entries in this volume.)
National product: GWP (gross world product) - purchasing power parity
- $30.7 trillion (1994 est.)
National product real growth rate: 3.2% (1994 est.)
National product per capita: $5,400 (1994 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
all countries: 25%
developed countries: 5%
developing countries: 50% (1994 est.)
note: national inflation rates vary widely in individual cases, from
stable prices to hyperinflation
Unemployment rate: 30% combined unemployment and underemployment in
many non-industrialized countries; developed countries typically
5%-12% unemployment
Exports: $4 trillion (f.o.b., 1994 est.)
commodities: the whole range of industrial and agricultural goods and
services
partners: in value, about 75% of exports from the developed countries
Imports: $4.1 trillion (c.i.f., 1994 est.)
commodities: the whole range of industrial and agricultural goods and
services
partners: in value, about 75% of imports by the developed countries
External debt: $1 trillion for less developed countries (1993 est.)
Industrial production: growth rate 5% (1994 est.)
Electricity:
capacity: 2,773,000,000 kW
production: 11.601 trillion kWh
consumption per capita: 1,937 kWh (1993)
Industries: industry worldwide is dominated by the onrush of
technology, especially in computers, robotics, telecommunications, and
medicines and medical equipment; most of these advances take place in
OECD nations; only a small portion of non-OECD countries have
succeeded in rapidly adjusting to these technological forces, and the
technological gap between the industrial nations and the
less-developed countries continues to widen; the rapid development of
new industrial (and agricultural) technology is complicating already
grim environmental problems
Agriculture: the production of major food crops has increased
substantially in the last 20 years; the annual production of cereals,
for instance, has risen by 50%, from about 1.2 billion metric tons to
about 1.8 billion metric tons; production increases have resulted
mainly from increased yields rather than increases in planted areas;
while global production is sufficient for aggregate demand, about
one-fifth of the world's population remains malnourished, primarily
because local production cannot adequately provide for large and
rapidly growing populations, which are too poor to pay for food
imports; conditions are especially bad in Africa where drought in
recent years has intensified the consequences of overpopulation
Economic aid: $NA
World:Transportation
Railroads:
total: 1,201,337 km includes about 190,000 to 195,000 km of
electrified routes of which 147,760 km are in Europe, 24,509 km in the
Far East, 11,050 km in Africa, 4,223 km in South America, and 4,160 km
in North America; note - fastest speed in daily service is 300 km/hr
attained by France's SNCF TGV-Atlantique line
broad gauge: 251,153 km
standard gauge: 710,754 km
narrow gauge: 239,430 km
Highways:
total: NA
paved: NA
unpaved: NA
Ports: Chiba, Houston, Kawasaki, Kobe, Marseille, Mina' al Ahmadi
(Kuwait), New Orleans, New York, Rotterdam, Yokohama
Merchant marine:
total: 25,364 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 435,458,296
GRT/697,171,651 DWT
ships by type: barge carrier 39, bulk 5,202, cargo 8,121, chemical
tanker 911, combination bulk 293, combination ore/oil 290, container
1,903, liquefied gas 675, livestock carrier 48, multifunction
large-load carrier 53, oil tanker 4,332, passenger 287,
passenger-cargo 114, railcar carrier 24, refrigerated cargo 1,023,
roll-on/roll-off cargo 1,047, short-sea passenger 465, specialized
tanker 77, vehicle carrier 460 (April 1995)
World:Communications
Telephone system:
local: NA
intercity: NA
international: NA
Radio:
broadcast stations: AM NA, FM NA, shortwave NA
radios: NA
Television:
broadcast stations: NA
televisions: NA
World:Defense Forces
Branches: ground, maritime, and air forces at all levels of technology
Defense expenditures: a further decline in 1994, by perhaps 5%-10%, to
roughly three-quarters of a trillion dollars, or 2.5% of gross world
product (1994 est.)
資料來源(7): Internet Dictionary Project [english-french]
world
le monde[Noun]
資料來源(8): Internet Dictionary Project [english-german]
world
Welt (f)
資料來源(9): Internet Dictionary Project [english-spanish]
world
el mundo