Synge's play, The Playboy of the Western World it was set in the Aran Islands, in Western Ireland.

辛格的剧，《西方世界的花花公子》,它是在西爱尔兰的伊朗岛。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

at the end of their four years, that they feel cultured and familiar with, um, I guess the Western world,

让学生在四年的学习之后具备一定的文化素养，能够熟知西方世界及其文化。

哥伦比亚大学的教程 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Most people around the world who know of them want to benefit from the achievements of western science and technology.

世界上了解西方的人,大多想从西方科学和技术成就中,获得利益

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

That's a pretty unique claim. And they carried with them the idea and the traditions that laid the foundation for the major religions of the western world: Judaism, Christianity and Islam.

为现今西方世界奠定基础的,理念和传统，就是由他们,传承下来的：,犹太教，基督教及伊斯兰教。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

If you look back over it, there was no major or minor in western music up until about sixteenth century, and then people started writing these things called madrigals, that were tied to texts.

如果回顾下历史,大家会发现直到十六世纪,西方世界才出现大调和小调,那时人们开始写一种叫做牧歌的曲子,并配上歌词

耶鲁公开课 - 聆听音乐课程节选

who is the... generally seen as the first historian in the sort of Western world.

他是……通常被认为是西方世界的第一位历史学家。

主修古典文学 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

That is the dominant sort of paradigm of what life is all about, at least in the Western world and a good deal more of it where the West has had an influence.

这可以说是有关生命的一种主导范式,至少对于西方世界,以及受西方影响的其他国家是如此

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

The primacy of reason and the pursuit of objectivity, therefore, both characteristic of the Western experience seem to me to be essential for the achievement of the desired goals almost anywhere in the world.

理性至上和追求客观,这是西方经验的两个特征,在我看来,这两点几乎在世界任何地方,对既定目标的实现都是至关重要的

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

This, too, is unique to the West, just like the Greek experience is unique.

这对于西方世界来说是独一无二的,就像希腊所经历的历史也是独一无二的

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选