godsend
godsend 英 [ˈgɒdsend] 美 [ˈgɑdsend]
n. 天赐之物；意外获得的幸运
名词复数:godsends
- A godsend is something very lucky or helpful — some event or item for which you're incredibly thankful. If you don't have time for breakfast and forget to bring your lunch to school, your friend's extra slice of pizza is a godsend.
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- n. 天赐之物；意外获得的幸运
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1. “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。”
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2. Everyone knows about fall in New England, but what fewer people are aware of is that September is the best month for visiting Texas and the Deep South (those cooler nights are a godsend).
新英格兰的秋天远近闻名，但九月探访德克萨斯州和南方省份（那些凉爽的夜晚简直是上帝的恩赐）的美妙则鲜为人知。
- godsend (n.) "unlooked-for acquisition or good fortune," 1812, earlier "a shipwreck" (from the perspective of people living along the coast), by 1806, from Middle English Godes sonde (c. 1200) "God's messenger; what God sends, gift from God, happening caused by God," from God + Middle English sonde "that which is sent, message," from Old English sand, from sendan (see send (v.)).
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