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heaven-sent

/hev-uhn-sent/US // ˈhɛv ənˌsɛnt //

天赐的,天赐良机,天赐的礼物,天赐

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : providentially opportune: A heaven-sent rain revived the crops.

Examples

  • My agent at the time sent that tape to SNL and then they asked me to come in for an audition.

  • From there we took the train to Nice, France, but the French border control caught us and sent us back to Italy.

  • I suspect [Teresa] will get money sent in to her, so she can shop at the commissary.

  • Leelah Alcorn's message was sent, and heard, and things started changing.

  • President Eisenhower sent the 101st Airborne Division to force Faubus to admit the students to Central High School.

  • I waited three months more, in great impatience, then sent him back to the same post, to see if there might be a reply.

  • The Spaniards captured two schooners, having on board 22 officers and 30 men, all of whom were hanged or sent to the mines.

  • Undesirable inhabitants of the country are being sent away, especially the Japanese, who are more dangerous than the Chinese.

  • Twice a year the formal invitation was sent out by the old nobleman to his only son, and to his two nephews.

  • Messa urges the king to send a new governor, and gives his advice as to the character of him who should be sent.