outward thing meaning in English
外在事物
Examples
- Happiness does not depend on outward things , but on the way we see them
幸福不取决于外在事物，而在于我们如何看待他们。 - The soul is not carried away by outward things , so that it cannot make all necessary reflections ; neither does it make those continual references to self , that a jealous sense of its own excellence multiplies to infinity
我们的灵魂不因过多注意外界事物而无法作必要的内省；我们也并不时刻考虑自己，使维护自己美德的戒备心理无限膨胀。