godsend
英 [ˈɡɒd.send]
美 [ˈɡɑːd.send]
- n. 天赐之物；意外获得的幸运
星级词汇:
英语词源
- 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]
权威例句
- 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。
- 3. Her gift of money was a godsend.
- 她送来的钱使人喜出望外.
- 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。
- 5. That's a godsend: I'm saved!
- 这就是天赐其便,让我翻本.
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