她那相当坚强而世故的外表下掩藏着一颗非常柔软敏感的心。
Her rather tough and worldly exterior hides a very soft and sensitive heart.
莫琳曾是老于世故的典型。
她的说话表明她是个世故的人。
莉莉是一个世故的女人。
尽管如此，亚当•斯密还是位通晓世故的哲学家。
他到了懂得人情世故的年龄了。
波士顿悠闲但世故的市民不仅以高收入自豪，而且也以教育水平高而自豪。
Its unhurried but sophisticated citizens boast not only high incomes but also high levels of education.
美国海军武官乔伊斯是个老于世故的，乐呵呵的爱尔兰人，他请帕米拉跳舞。
Captain joyce, the american naval attache, a jolly irishman with a knowing eye, asked pamela to dance.
在比他圆通世故的伦敦人帮助下，廷代尔把译完一半的新约藏进箱子底层，化名逃到德国。
Tyndale was helped, by Londoners with more worldly wisdom than himself, to go to Germany under a false name, with his half-completed rendering of the New Testament tucked deep inside his trunk.
但埃及，尽管贫穷，有着一群久经世故的精英，一个受良好教育的中产阶层和一种强烈的民族自豪感。
But Egypt, though poor, has a sophisticated elite, a well-educated middle class and strong sense of national pride.
如果美国人不想看到温文尔雅而又精明世故的国外航空公司挺进美国市场，那么现在就是鼓励本国合作的最佳时机。
If Americans are not keen to see suave and sophisticated foreign carriers muscling in, this is the time to encourage all-American relationships.
但是，埃及虽然并不富裕，却有久经世故的精英阶层，受过良好教育的中产阶级，还有强烈的民族自豪感。
But Egypt, though poor, has a sophisticated elite, a well-educated middle class and strong sense of national pride.
如果精于世故的神学家或后现代相对主义者认为，通过淡化存在的重要性，他们正在将上帝从多余的废物堆中拯救出来，那么他们应当三思。
If sophisticated theologians or postmodern relativists think they are rescuing God from the redundancy scrap-heap by downplaying the importance of existence, they should think again.
他15岁时就比他那些居住在乡村的表兄们懂人情世故了。
At 15, he was more worldly than his older cousins who lived in the country.
他不同于我认识的任何人，老于世故，与杜安完全不一样。
He was different from anyone I had known, very worldly, everything that Duane was not.
女士们坠入情网之后就想呵护这个不够世故，看上去需要保护的男人，想帮助他长大。
Women fall in love and want to nurture this unworldly, slightly vulnerable man and help him grow up.
深谙世故却不世故，才是最成熟的善良。
Thoroughly understanding the world but not sophisticated is the maturest kindness.
我们发誓赌咒，像土狼一样唱歌闲聊，我们的幽默并不老于世故，但确实很开心。
We swear with flair, sing and cackle like hyenas. Our humour is not sophisticated but it is joyful.
深谙世故却不世故，才是最善良的成熟。
露西的冷漠世故让巴里显得很不重要。
Barry had his nose put out of joint by Lucy's aloof sophistication.
当问起是什么鼓舞着她，作为一位有着谦逊血统的黑人妇女，去挑战华盛顿的那些精明世故之人，她会毫不犹豫的回答：是她深厚的浸信信仰。
Ask what emboldens her, as a black woman of modest origins, to challenge the sophisticates of Washington, and she answers like a shot: her deep Baptist faith.
这两本书中的福斯特让人觉得捉摸不定、老于世故。
But the Forster in both these books comes across as covertly sophisticated.
当我告诉我的新客户这一点时，他们世故地看着我，仿佛我承诺给他们带来一只独角兽。
When I say this to new clients, they look at me cynically, as if I've promised them a unicorn.
本书常被视为文明崩溃的警世故事，详述了“天真的结束，人性的黑暗”，以及深藏所有人内心、令人害怕的种种可能。
Often seen as a cautionary tale about the breakdown of civilization, the book details "the end of innocence, the darkness of man's heart" and the horrific possibilities that lie within us all.
15个月刚过，这便成了一个有关国际并购陷阱的警世故事。
Barely fifteen months later, it has become a cautionary tale of the pitfalls of international mergers and acquisitions.
或许是当地的一个富人想要炫耀他老练的世故。
Or maybe a wealthy local wanted to show off his worldly sophistication.
或许是当地的一个富人想要炫耀他老练的世故。
Or maybe a wealthy local wanted to show off his worldly sophistication.
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