彼は金と地位にしか興味のない俗物だ。
He's a worldly type interested in nothing but money and status.
あんな俗物に芸術の価値がわかるはずがない。
A philistine like that could never understand the value of art.
出世のために上司にこびるような俗物にはなりたくない。
I don't want to become the kind of worldly person who flatters his bosses to get ahead.