| 词汇 | heaven |
| 释义 | heavenWord family nounheavenlinessheavenadjectiveheavenlyheavenwardheaven-sent Religion heav·en /ˈhevən/ ●●● S3 W3 noun 1 place of god 天堂 (also Heaven) [singular]RR the place where God is believed to live and where good people are believed to go when they die 天堂，天国，极乐世界 → paradise in heaven He believed that he and his wife would one day be together again in heaven. 他相信他和妻子有一天会在天国重聚。 2 enjoyable situation 极乐 [uncountableU] informalGOOD/EXCELLENT an extremely enjoyable situation or place 极好的情况[地方] SYN paradise SPOKEN PHRASES Sitting by the pool with a good book is my idea of heaven. 坐在水池边看一本好书就是我心目中的极乐之事。 in heaven Put a baseball in his hand and he’s in heaven. 给他一个棒球他就觉得美极了。 Living on the farm for Jim was heaven on earth. 对吉姆来说，农场生活就是人间天堂。 a match/marriage made in heaven (=a happy and successful marriage) 天作之合/美满婚姻 3 for heaven’s sake a) ANNOYused to show that you are annoyed or angry 天哪，哎呀〔表示厌烦或生气〕 Oh, for heaven’s sake, Mark, do you have to make everything into a joke? 啊，天哪！马克，你什么事都非得开玩笑吗？ b) EMPHASIZEused to emphasize a question, request, order, or opinion 看在上帝的份上〔用以强调问题、要求、命令或观点〕 For heaven’s sake, let’s all get to sleep. 看在上帝的份上，我们都睡觉吧。 Examples from the Corpus for heaven’s sake• For heaven's sake, don't tell him my age!• Where was the kid's mother, for heaven's sake? 4 heaven (only) knows a) NOT KNOWused to emphasize that you do not know something 天晓得，谁知道 He won’t tell me what he thinks. Heaven knows why. 他不会告诉我他是怎么想的。谁知道是为什么。 b) EMPHASIZEused to emphasize what you are saying 确实，的确，无疑〔用以加强语气〕 Sue can’t take a holiday yet, though heaven knows she needs a rest. 尽管休非常需要休息，可她还不能休假。 Examples from the Corpus heaven (only) knows• And heavens knows, once launched it's all too hard to turn back and look again for the missed trace.• People live together - Peter and Miranda are Bohemian enough, heaven knows.• People wave from the bank and shout our names; heaven knows who they are!• Kenyon must see it through or heaven knows what will become of the station.• What effect it will have on the result, heaven only knows.• If it isn't, heaven knows who will ride to the rescue of the firm.• He starts a conversation and ends up heaven knows where. 5 heaven help somebody a) DANGEROUSused to express sympathy for someone who is in a dangerous or difficult situation 愿上天保佑某人〔用于对有危险或处于困境的人表示同情〕 ‘The two boys are going to the dentist on Thursday.’ ‘Heaven help the dentist.’ “这两个男孩星期四要去看牙医。”“愿上天保佑那位牙医。” b) ANGRYused to say that you will be very angry with someone if they do something 饶不了某人 Heaven help him if he ever comes back here again! 要是他再回到这里来，我一定饶不了他！ Examples from the Corpus heaven help somebody• Heaven help us if it snows again. 6 heaven forbid HOPEused to say that you very much hope something will not happen 但愿不要这样，但愿不会发生 What would you do financially if, heaven forbid, your husband died? 要是你丈夫去世了——但愿不会这样——你经济上怎么办？ Examples from the Corpus heaven forbid• Heaven forbid you should have an accident!• And heaven forbid that you should be served by some one in a chain coffee house with a regional accent.• Or, heaven forbid, ridicule him? 7 what/how/why etc in heaven’s name SURPRISEDANGRYused when asking a surprised and angry question 到底[究竟]什么/怎么/为什么等 Where in heaven’s name have you been? 你到底去哪里了？ 8 the heavens literaryAL the sky 天空 He looked up towards the heavens. 他仰望苍穹。 Just then, the heavens opened (=it started to rain heavily). 就在那时，下起了倾盆大雨。 Examples from the Corpus the heavens opened• As his relations carried him off to be buried, the sky suddenly darkened and the heavens opened.• It went from bad to worse as the heavens opened and turned the circuit into one huge puddle.• He'd come out without his anorak and if the heavens opened he'd get soaked.• Just as we set off, would you believe it, the heavens opened.• Unfortunately, the Heavens opened on finals day, ending the good weather and causing disruptions. 9 move heaven and earth TRY TO DO OR GET somethingto try very hard to achieve something 竭尽全力，用尽各种方法 → be in seventh heaven at seventh1(2), → thank heaven(s) at thank(2) I would move heaven and earth to help her. 我会竭尽全力帮助她。 Examples from the Corpus move heaven and earth• Bishop Auckland have also moved heaven and earth to improve their standing.• If you knew what I was doing you'd have moved heaven and earth to stop me.• So together we moved heaven and earth to ensure, in a difficult year, that the necessary money was made available.• We've all experienced it and most of us would move heaven and earth to avoid it. Examples from the Corpus heaven• Well the sun is blazing down from the clear blue heavens.• It's the most extraordinary place - both heaven and hell simultaneously.• I used to think I had died and gone to rank-and-file heaven.• The new kitchen is heaven compared to the old one. in heaven• Star Trek fans were in heaven today at the Science Fiction Convention. a match/marriage made in heaven• It was a marriage made in heaven that seemed to deteriorate to hell in a hurry.• Her friends all thought that theirs was a match made in heaven, the union of two gilded human beings. Old English heofon |
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