How can you say that I'm too worldly but Sybil's not worldly enough?

怪我太世故 又怪西珀尔太超脱？

That's an incredibly manipulative thing to say.

你这话说得太世故了。

The men were seldom eccentric in appearance. They tried to look as little like authors as possible. They wished to be taken for men of the world, and could have passed anywhere for the managing clerks of a city firm.

男士们的衣着一般却很少有怪里怪气的。他们尽量不让人看出自己是作家，总希望别人把他们当作是老于世故的人。不论到什么地方，人们都会以为他们是一家大公司的高级办事员。

" Come off it, Roy, " I said. " I'm too old a bird to be caught with chaff. Spit it out" .

" 别瞎说了，罗伊，" 我说。 " 我是个老于世故的人，你可别想瞒得了我。 还是爽爽快快地说出来吧。"

I could no more imagine growing up to become one of these sophisticated people than I could imagine becoming a sovereign prince.

我不能想象自己长大会变成这些精明世故的人中的一员，就像我无法想象自己能变成一个权力至高无上的国君一。

She had set her feet upon that road a spoiled, selfish and untried girl, full of youth, warm of emotion, easily bewildered by life.

当初踏上这条路时，她还是个娇惯了的、自私自利而不谙世故的少女，浑身的青春活力，满怀热忱，很容易为生活所迷惑。

What brought this into Picasso's head? Wasn't he supposed to be the worldly modernist?

是什么让毕加索有此一笔呢？他不是被认为是世故的现代主义者吗？

Back in the beginning, she had unreal measurements and her face was serious and sophisticated.

开始时，测量的尺码并不真实，她的面部表情也很严肃、老于世故。

Gandalf from " The Lord of the Rings" , Yoda in " Star Wars" or M in Ian Fleming's early James Bond novels all act as mentors, providing sage advice and guidance to the less worldly-wise.

《指环王》中的甘道夫、《星球大战》中的尤达或伊恩·弗莱明早期詹姆斯·邦德小说中的M都扮演着导师的角色，为不那么懂世故的人提供明智的指导。

He was not a Kinois himself, one of that snooty so-sophisticated lot, and the other drivers outside the Grand called him Kisangani after the city where he was born, in the east.

他本人并不是金沙萨人，也不是那种傲慢而又世故的人，格兰德外的其他司机都叫他“基桑加尼”，这个名字来自他出生的东部城市。

His clothes were quiet but good. His face was pleasant. His expression was that of a man who had traveled and could understand the world.

他的衣着朴素大方，五官端正，表情沉着老练，一看就知道是个饱经世故的人。

Emma gave him back the letter; then at dinner, for appearance's sake, she affected a certain repugnance. But as he urged her to try, she resolutely began eating, while Charles opposite her sat motionless in a dejected attitude.

艾玛把信还给他；后来吃晚餐的时候，她也学世故了，装作吃不下去。 但是他一定要勉强她吃，她也就硬着头皮吃起来，而夏尔坐在她对面，反倒一动不动，显得心情沉重。

Simon Russell Beale (pictured above) is a chillingly hilarious Stalin; substituting a West Country burr for the original Georgian accent, he is cunning and charming, manipulative, menacing and intellectually insecure.

Simon Russell Beale（如图）扮演了一个冷酷却又惹人发笑的斯大林，用西方粗喉音代替了他原来的乔治亚时期的口音。他世故圆滑，富于魅力，控制欲强，具有威慑力同时又反复无常。

" In a few years I promise you there won't be much youth left, " I said, trying to assume the resigned irony of men who've been around and know themselves.

“我向您保证，要不了几年，青春就所剩无几了。”我努力装出老成世故又极其了解自己的子，摆出对现实不再抱幻想的讥讽态度。

There are large billboards directed at them both: the tough, " take-charge, " or dapper older man, the glamorous, " worldly" young woman, both puffing away.

到处都有针对他们这 两类人的巨大广告牌：强壮、“有领导风范”或衣冠楚楚的成熟男人，以及迷人、“世故的年轻女人，都在吞云吐雾。

First he had proved himself lamentably presumptuous by conducting the analysis himself rather than calling on the help of more worldly experts in Europe.

首先，他自己搞分析，没有要求比较世故的专家提供帮助，证明他是目中无人。

Oh, I'm sorry. It's hard for me to show kindness to people that hate me. I'm not that evolved. So, what movie tonight?

真抱歉。我学不会对讨厌我的人友好。我还没那么世故。今晚看什么电影？

In the corner was a sophisticated-looking sound system, the kind I was afraid to touch because I'd be sure to break something.

角落里是一套看上去久经世故的音响系统，是那种我不敢轻易触碰的音响，因为我知道我一定会打坏什么东西的。

Its unhurried but sophisticated citizens boast not only high incomes but also high levels of education.

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。

I've always wanted to find someone to share this story with, but...I don't know...I guess this world just...got too grown-up.

我一直很想与人分享这个故事，可是不知怎么，也许是这个世界太世故了吧。