godsend

英 ['gɒdsend] 美['ɡɑd,sɛnd]

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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.)).
The common people in Cornwall call, as impiously as inhumanely, a shipwreck on their shores, "a Godsend." [Rev. William Lisle Bowles, footnote in "The Works of Alexander Pope," London, 1806]

1. He called the Polaroid camera a godsend to his work.: 他称宝丽来照相机是老天爷特意为他的工作赐予的宝贝。

2. This new benefit has come as a godsend for low-income families.: 新到的救济金是低收入家庭的及时雨。

4. Pharmacists are a godsend when you don't feel sick enough to call the doctor.: 生病了但不严重、无需求医的时候，药店能帮上大忙。