divine
divine 英 [dɪˈvaɪn] 美 [dɪˈvaɪn]
adj. 神的；天赐的 v. 猜测
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- "To err is human, to forgive divine" means that everyone makes mistakes, but we should try to be like god and forgive one another. Divine basically means relating to, coming from, or like God or a god.
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- adj. 神的；天赐的
- v. 猜测
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1. divine law, divine love, divine will
天道；上帝的慈爱；天意
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2. divine intervention
上帝之祐
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3. She could divine what he was thinking just by looking at him.
她一看就知道他在想什么。
- divine (adj.) c. 1300, from Old French devin (12c.), from Latin divinus "of a god," from divus "a god," related to deus "god, deity" (from PIE root *dyeu- "to shine," in derivatives "sky, heaven, god"). Weakened sense of "excellent" had evolved by late 15c.
- divine (n.) c. 1300, "soothsayer," from Old French devin, from noun use of Latin divinus "of a god" (see divine (adj.)). Meaning "ecclesiastic, theologian" is from late 14c.
- divine (v.) "to conjure, to guess," originally "to make out by supernatural insight," mid-14c., from Old French deviner, from Vulgar Latin *devinare, dissimilated from *divinare, from Latin divinus (see divine (adj.)), which also meant "soothsayer." Related: Divined; diviner; divining. Divining rod (or wand) attested from 1650s.
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