godsend

• n. 天赐之物；意外获得的幸运

英文词源

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]

双语例句

1. 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。

来自柯林斯例句

2. 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。

来自《权威词典》

3. Her gift of money was a godsend.

她送来的钱使人喜出望外.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. 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。

来自柯林斯例句

5. That's a godsend: I'm saved!

这就是天赐其便,让我翻本.

来自子夜部分