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
- A timely support certainly serves as a godsend to countries and people in urgent need.
及时的救助对于有迫切需要的国家和人民是天赐之物。 - It was a godsend that he was there.
有他在那里，真是幸运。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - European savers are increasingly refusing to provide financing, so any new source of funding is seen as a godsend.
欧洲储户对于提供融资越来越抵触，因此，任何新的融资来源都会被视为天赐之物。 - 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。 - Being different is a godsend.
与众不同是天赐良机。 - The Beijing Olympics is a godsend for these groups because it affords them the opportunity to disrupt the torch relay.
北京奥运对这些人来说真是如天赐良机，他们可以借此机会破坏圣火传递。 - That check was a real godsend.
那张支票真是天赐之物。