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
- That's a godsend: I'm saved!
这就是天赐其便，让我翻本。 - 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。 - 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。 - The students are mostly from Chinas rapidly expanding middle class and can afford to pay full tuition, a godsend for universities that have faced sharp budget cuts in recent years.
这些学生绝大多数来自中国迅速壮大的中产阶级，有能力支付全额学费，对于近年来面临预算削减的高校来说，这真是从天而降的礼物。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。