"what's the world coming to?" 通常是在得知不愉快的消息或目睹某件事情时，用来表达对世界现状及其未来的失望之情。 something you say that means that life is not as pleasant or safe as it was in the past 世界变成什么样了?(抱怨生活不像过去那样舒适或安全了) What's the world coming to when you can't leave your house for five minutes without someone trying to break in and rob you? 现在你离开家仅五分钟就可能遭人进屋洗劫，这是什么世道啊! I saw in the paper that they arrested a kid just for bringing a spork to school. What's the world coming to? 我在报纸上看到他们逮捕了一个孩子只因为他带了一把勺子到学校。这是什么世道啊?