other(-)worldly

other(-)worldly
[ˌʌðə'wɜːldlɪ]
прил.
1) потусторонний, сверхъестественный; таинственный, загадочный

The poem entangles Arthur in a network of otherworldly themes. — В поэме Артур оказывается втянутым в сеть мотивов, связанных с потусторонним миром.

Syn:
2) загробный, относящийся к загробной жизни

These souls had not desired sufferings as the unavoidable price of an otherworldly reward. — Эти души не пожелали страдать во имя грядущей, неизбежной награды в загробной жизни.

3) отрешившийся от этого мира; сосредоточенный на духовных исканиях

No one who has ever raised his eyes from his present narrow horizon will ever sneer at a philosopher as "otherworldly". — Ни один человек, который хоть раз отрывал взор от своего узкого будничного горизонта, не посмеётся над философом и не скажет про него "не от мира сего".

The children in the picture look delicate and otherworldly, as though they had never run or shouted. — Дети на этой картине выглядят утончёнными и неземными, как будто они никогда не бегали и не кричали.


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