godsend
英 ['gɒdsend]
美 ['ɡɑd,sɛnd]
英文詞源
- 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]
雙語例句
- 1. He called the Polaroid camera a godsend to his work.
- 他稱寶麗來照相機是老天爺特意為他的工作賜予的寶貝。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. This new benefit has come as a godsend for low-income families.
- 新到的救濟金是低收入家庭的及時雨。
來自《權威詞典》
- 3. Her gift of money was a godsend.
- 她送來的錢使人喜出望外.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. Pharmacists are a godsend when you don't feel sick enough to call the doctor.
- 生病了但不嚴重、無需求醫的時候，藥店能幫上大忙。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. That's a godsend: I'm saved!
- 這就是天賜其便,讓我翻本.
來自子夜部分