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。 - 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。 - The baby boomer generation, those born between 1946 and 1961, has been a godsend to the fund management industry, with this bulging cohort accumulating unprecedented levels of wealth.
婴儿潮一代是指在1946年至1961年之间出生的人。他们积累了空前的财富，为基金管理业带来了丰厚的利润。 - 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。 - For many sufferers, the drugs have been a godsend.
对于许多患者，这些药就是上帝的礼物。 - 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。 - That check was a real godsend.
那张支票真是天赐之物。 - 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。 - Capitalism was a godsend for them.
资本主义对他们来说乃是天赐之福。 - 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。