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单词 godsend
释义
godsend
noun[S]
informal
uk
/ˈɡɒd.send/us
/ˈɡɑːd.send/
something good thathappensunexpectedly,especiallyat atimewhen it isneeded:
（尤指在需要的时候适时来到的）天赐之物，令人喜出望外的事物，及时雨
Thegrantwas arealgodsend,especiallyconsideringthetheatrewas going to beshutdown nextmonth.特别是考虑到剧院原定下个月就要关闭了，这笔拨款来得真是及时。
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(Definition ofgodsendfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

godsend| American Dictionary

godsend
noun[C]
us
/ˈɡɑdˌsend/
something good thathappensunexpectedlyand at atimewhen it isespeciallyneeded:
Thatsavingsaccountwas arealgodsend when shelostherjob.
(Definition ofgodsendfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofgodsend

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Interspersed with his infectious humour, his musings were a literalgodsendto an eager if inexperienced doctoral student.
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It was described as 'excellent', 'totally invaluable', 'agodsend' and 'an inspiration'.
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Indeed, such back-up services have proved to be agodsendto such families, offering them the lifeline that they so desperately seek.
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To be hard of hearing very often means being lonely and isolated, and a telephone can be both a lifeline and agodsend.
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Even one or two indoor toilets would be agodsendto the teachers in the dreadful weather we are now experiencing.
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The open method of coordination was agodsend.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
The advent of the euro is also an absolutegodsendfor crime.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
There are also such people as poachers, to whom the right to go on the land would be agodsend.
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Every year it would have been agodsendto those who wanted to sell.
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This kind of project is agodsendto an area like mine.
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This has been agodsendto them for meeting one part of an inevitable expenditure.
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In view of the shortage of hay and cereals, the surplus has been agodsend.
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Men who are working in deep hot mines chew tobacco and it is agodsendto them.
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It is the greatestgodsendto the advertising industry.
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This remedy will be agodsendto the tabloids.
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