godsend

英 ['gɒdsend] 美['ɡɑd,sɛnd]
  • n. 天赐之物;意外获得的幸运

畅通词汇

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"

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]

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。

牛津词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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.

期刊摘选

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

子夜部分

As it turned out, Lundy's list was a godsend.
事实证明, 伦迪开列那张单子确是意外的收获.

辞典例句

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

《简明英汉词典》

It's a godsend to meet you here.
在这里遇见你真是喜出望外.

辞典例句

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.

辞典例句

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.

辞典例句

The Web has been a godsend to me as a writer.
对于像我这样的作者来说,网络简直是天赐之物啊.

期刊摘选

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!

期刊摘选

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.

期刊摘选

The delays to the 787 have been a godsend for Airbus.
787的延期对空客而言是天大的好消息.

期刊摘选

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.

期刊摘选

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.

期刊摘选

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.

期刊摘选

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.

期刊摘选

It'll be a godsend to me if it can really help.
如果肉毒杆菌真的有效,我就得救了.

期刊摘选

They may seem like a godsend, and they are.
他们似乎是上帝特别差来的使者, 事实上也确实如此.

期刊摘选

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。

柯林斯例句

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。

柯林斯例句