divine
[dɪ'vaɪn] adjective
GOD-LIKE 似神一样的
■connected with a god, or like a god 神的；像神一样的•The Ayatollah described the earthquake in Iran as a divine test.那位阿亚图拉把伊朗发生的地震说成是神的一次考验。 •Some fans seem to regard footballers as divine beings.有些球迷似乎把球员神化了。 •England have fallen so far behind in the championship that their only hope of victory is divine intervention (= help from God).英格兰队在此次锦标赛中的名次已经远远落后了，他们获胜的唯一希望就是要靠神来帮忙了。 •Just because you've been promoted that doesn't give you a divine right (= one like that of a god) to tell us all what to do.获得晋升并不等于你有权像神一样对我们发号施令。
[dɪ'vaɪn] adjective
SPLENDID 极佳的 old-fashioned
■extremely good, pleasant or enjoyable 极好的，美妙的，美好的•We had a perfectly divine time in Switzerland.我们在瑞士渡过了一段非常美好的时光。 •Their new house is quite divine!他们的新房子相当棒！
[dɪ'vaɪn] verb
GUESS 猜测
transitive
■to guess something 猜，猜测；估计•[+ that] I divined from his grim expression that the news was not good.他的表情很严肃，我猜不是甚么好消息。
[dɪ'vaɪn] verb
SEARCH 搜索
intransitive or transitive
■to search for water or minerals underground by holding horizontally in your hands a Y-shaped rod or stick, the end of which suddenly points down slightly when water or minerals are below it （用丫形杖）探测（地下水或矿藏）•a divining rod探矿杖 |