godsend

畅通词汇

英 ['gɒdsend] 美['ɡɑd,sɛnd]

释义

n. 天赐之物；意外获得的幸运

近义词

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]

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。

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。

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。

英英释意

1. a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money);: "the demand for testing has created a boom for those unregulated laboratories where boxes of specimen jars are processed lik an assembly line"

实用场景例句

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。

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。

This schoolgirl heart thinks is a godsend chance really, as music.: 这个女生心想真是天赐良机, 就随著音乐.

It was a godsend to have him there just when we needed someone.: 正当我们需要人的时候,在那里找到了他,这真是天公作美.

But a couple of months to think it over is no hardship, it's a godsend.: 但是有一两个月的时间考虑考虑,并不是苦事, 这是天赐之福.

The rent was due, so your cheque came as an absolute godsend!: 租金已到期, 你的支票来到真是喜从天降!

China's entry as a developer of dam projects is a godsend for Africa.: 中国参与发展大坝项目对非洲来说是天赐之福.

To fans like Betty Inouye, a Colorado artisan of Japanese descent, the products are a godsend.: 井上贝蒂是日裔科罗拉多州手艺人.对于像她这样的“真”化妆品的迷恋者来说, 该产品简直就是上帝所赐.

However, his coming had been a boon, and his presence was a godsend.: 况且他的来到是件好事, 他的出现也是种天意.

An extra day's reliable warning of the local weather is a godsend.: 多一天可靠的当地天气预报,无异于一种上天的恩赐.

This is a godsend to so many women who have lost firmness over the years.: 这是上天赐给大多数随着年龄增大,导致胸部失去弹性和坚挺的女性的最佳礼物.

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。

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。