godsend

音标发音

• 英式音标 [ˈɡɒd.send]
• 美式音标 [ˈɡɑːd.send]
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基本解释

• n.天赐之物；意外获得的幸运

同根派生

英汉例句

双语例句

• Carlin's book came as a godsend to the 72-year-old actor.
  对于这位72岁的演员，卡林的书不啻是个天赐良机。
• “I think safety surfaces are a godsend,” he said. “I suspect that parents who have to deal with concussions and broken arms wouldn't agree that playgrounds have become too safe.
  “我觉得安全表面是天赐之物，”他说：“我推测必须面对孩子脑震荡和胳膊骨折等意外事故的父母不会同意操场过于安全的说法。”
• The dictionary integrated in both the Kindle and iBooks apps is a godsend when reading complicated scientific or financial texts: Hit a word you don't recognize and the definition pops up.
  当你阅读复杂的科学或者金融文字时，Kindle和iBooks内置的词典如同天赐之物般好用。 点击一个你不明白的词汇，解析就会浮现。

权威例句

• "People tell us it's a godsend, " says Mike Winch, Safeway's director of information technology.
  FORBES: From nuclear bombs to net assets
• And so we were very short on labor, and it was a real godsend for us.
  NPR: One Employer's View of Guest-Worker Plan
• The case will be a godsend to estate lawyers who like to draft complicated documents.
  FORBES: Partners, But Not With The Irs

词组短语

短语

• purple godsend 紫星
• godsend enterprises corp 高升企业股份有限公司
• be a godsend 及时雨
• a godsend rain 天赐甘霖
• HE BEI GODSEND HIGH -TECH CO 河北天翼科贸发展有限公司

英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• something good that happens unexpectedly, especially at a time when it is needed

柯林斯英英字典

• If you describe something as a godsend, you are emphasizing that it helps you very much.