godsend是什么意思？

godsend

英[ˈgɒdsend] 美[ˈgɑdsend]

• n. <非正>天赐之物，意外的好运；

例句

• Her gift of money was a godsend. 她送来的钱使人喜出望外.
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-SING
  天赐之物；助益匪浅的事物
  If you describe something as a godsend, you are emphasizing that it helps you very much.
  例句
  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。

英汉词典释义

• n.
  <非正>天赐之物;意外的好运
  Her gift of money was a godsend. 她送来的钱使人喜出望外。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. 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 lik an assembly line"