heavenward

音标发音

• 英式音标 [ˈhev.ən.wəd]
• 美式音标 [ˈhev.ən.wɚd]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• adv. 朝天上，向天空；翻白眼（表示生气或不耐烦）
• adj. 朝向天国的，朝向天空的

同根派生

英汉例句

双语例句

• But, if they seek to glorify God, let them not lift heavenward their unclean hands!
  不过，要是他们追求为上帝增辉添光，那就不要把肮脏的双手朝天举起吧！
• It is a parable. We are the wingless birds, and our duties and tasks are the pinions God has made to lift us up and carry us heavenward.
  读者，这是一个比喻，我们就是那些无翅的小鸟，我们的工作和职务是神替我们预备带领我们向天的翅翼。
• But one thing I do: forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.
  但是我知道我应该忘记背后，努力面前，向着标杆直跑，为获得上帝在天堂中以耶稣的名义召唤我而设的奖赏。

权威例句

• Shigeta's Internet ventures are doing much to send the stock of Hikari Tsushin ("light-speed communications") heavenward.
  FORBES: The Web Phone Evangelist
• Some football players who habitually point heavenward after a touchdown reek of insincerity.
  FORBES: Sports Illustrated Clotheslines God, Christians and Football
• The pastor of Bell Community Church broke down in tears and pointed heavenward as the not guilty verdicts were read.
  NPR: Ex-Officials Convicted In Calif. Corruption Case

英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• upwards

柯林斯英英字典

• Heavenward means toward the sky or to heaven.

专业释义

经济学

• 朝向天国的