godsend
英 [ˈɡɒdsend]
美 [ˈɡɑːdsend]
n. 天赐之物; 意外的好运; 及时雨
BNC.19086 / COCA.20128
牛津词典
noun
- 天赐之物;意外的好运;及时雨
something good that happens unexpectedly and helps sb/sth when they need help- 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。
- This new benefit has come as a godsend for low-income families.
柯林斯词典
- N-SING 天赐之物;助益匪浅的事物
If you describe something asa godsend, you are emphasizing that it helps you very much.- 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。
- Pharmacists are a godsend when you don't feel sick enough to call the doctor.
英英释义
noun
- 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 like an assembly line
双语例句
- It was a godsend that he was there.
有他在那里,真是幸运。 - Liping Godsend Bridge, on the right side of Wanzhai Village, 12 miles away northeasterly from Liping County, Guizhou province, is the biggest and longest natural bridge in the world.
黎平天生桥位于贵州省黎平县城东北12公里的湾寨右侧处,是世界上最长最大的天生桥。 - It could be a godsend for awful photographers around the world.
新创企业Lytro的发明对全世界学艺不精的摄影师来说就宛如上帝的恩赐一般。 - For Barack Obama, these signs of Republican softening are a godsend.
对于奥巴马来说,共和党态度软化的迹象乃天赐良机。 - Our rich texture of racial, religious and political diversity will be a Godsend in the 21st century.
在21世纪,我们多彩多姿的种族、宗教和政治将是上帝的恩赐。 - A fish tape is really a godsend for a wiring project, if you already have finished walls in your home.
一条鱼磁带实在是一个天赐良机,为一个配线工程,如果你已经完成了围墙,你的家。 - 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。 - For a lot of companies, Android has been a godsend.
对于许多公司,Android已成了天赐的宝物。 - 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。 - It is a godsend for half a billion malaria patients in Africa, tens of thousands of farmers in Asian countries and a range of drug companies.
对于非洲五百万疟疾患者,数万亚洲农民和许许多多药厂来说,这是天使的礼物。