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音标:英 ['gɒdsend] 美['ɡɑd,sɛnd]

godsend是什么意思

  • n. 天赐之物;意外获得的幸运
英英释义 实用场景例句
godsend的近义词boon

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英文词源


godsend (n.)
"unlooked-for acquisition or good fortune," 1812, earlier "a shipwreck" (from the perspective of people living along the coast), by 1806, from Middle English Godes sonde (c. 1200) "God's messenger; what God sends, gift from God, happening caused by God," from God + Middle English sonde "that which is sent, message," from Old English sand, from sendan (see send (v.)).
The common people in Cornwall call, as impiously as inhumanely, a shipwreck on their shores, "a Godsend." [Rev. William Lisle Bowles, footnote in "The Works of Alexander Pope," London, 1806]

godsend的双语例句


1. He called the Polaroid camera a godsend to his work.
他称宝丽来照相机是老天爷特意为他的工作赐予的宝贝。

来自柯林斯例句

2. This new benefit has come as a godsend for low-income families.
新到的救济金是低收入家庭的及时雨。

来自《权威词典》

3. Her gift of money was a godsend.
她送来的钱使人喜出望外.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. Pharmacists are a godsend when you don't feel sick enough to call the doctor.
生病了但不严重、无需求医的时候,药店能帮上大忙。

来自柯林斯例句

5. That's a godsend: I'm saved!
这就是天赐其便,让我翻本.

来自子夜部分

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