| 词汇 | heaven (only) knows |
| 释义 | heaven (only) knowsheaven (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. → heaven (only) knows at heaven(SPOKEN SECT) |
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