world literature

基本解释

This sentence may be the first in world literature where the writer imagines you can row to an oasis?
可以将船划向沙漠中的绿洲？这句话在世界文学中恐怕是首创。
It is the first great work of world literature, and the hero, Gilgamesh, battles against the forces of evil and unreason, ultimately killing the monster Huwawa.
“吉尔美加什”是世界文学史上最早的巨著，主人公吉尔美加什与森林的恶魔和蛮族作战，最终杀了怪兽胡娃娃。
Some say it was the first great novel in world literature; others say it was the first novel, full-stop.
有些学者认为它是世界文学史上第一部伟大的小说作品；而有些则认为它就是世界上的第一部长篇小说。

Ian Hacking, who wrote a history of probability theory, searched through world literature for any reference to a probability and could find none anywhere before 1600.
伊恩·哈金为概率论追根溯源,他查遍世界所有关于概率的文献,发现无法追溯到十七世纪以前
耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选
Our writer for today thinks so highly of that capacity of literature to embody the human voice that he imagines a whole religious world around him.
我们今天的作者高度赞赏文学的容量,能使人的声音具体化，以致他,想象出了一个宗教的世界。
耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选
It definitely looks odd to you in the modern world, if you don't read it as the Bible, and if you just read it as literature.
在现代就非常奇怪了，如果你不把它当做圣经读，只是把它当做文学作品。
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The CDs include the audio recordings of many world literature books, classic stories, history and art.
UNESCO: OFFICE IN BEIRUT

世界文学
In the history of world literature, Dickens is the first one who threw tremendous energy into his creations.
在世界文学史上，他是第一位倾注了极大精力创造儿童形象的大作家。
语言学
世界文学