blessing
['bles.ɪŋ] noun
RELIGIOUS WORDS 宗教言辞
countable or uncountable
■when a priest asks God to take care of a particular person or a group of people 祈神赐福；祝福•The mass always ends with a blessing.弥撒总是以祈神赐福结束。 •We ask God's blessing on Joan at this difficult time.在这个困难时刻我们祈求上帝保佑。
['bles.ɪŋ] noun
LUCKY SITUATION 喜事
countable
■something which is extremely lucky or makes you happy 幸事；喜事•It was a blessing that no one was killed in the accident.事故中没有人死真是万幸。
['bles.ɪŋ] noun
APPROVAL 允许
sb's blessing
■approval that someone gives to a plan or action 同意；允许•The government has given its blessing to a plan to improve the rights of children.政府批准了一项增进儿童权利的计划。 •Eventually they got married with her father's blessing.最终他们征得她父亲的同意结了婚。
['bles.ɪŋ] noun
a blessing in disguise
■something that seems bad or unlucky at first, but results in something good happening later 祸中之福•Losing that job was a blessing in disguise really.失去那份工作真是因祸得福。 |