blessing
noun
uk/ˈbles.ɪŋ/us/ˈbles.ɪŋ/blessingnoun(RELIGIOUS WORDS)
[CorU]
arequestby apriestforGodto takecareof aparticularpersonor agroupofpeople, or God'sactof doing this:
祈神赐福；祝福Themassalwaysendswith a blessing.弥撒总是以祈神赐福结束。
WeaskGod's blessingonJoan at thisdifficulttime.在这个困难时刻我们祈求上帝保佑琼。
Religious ceremonies & prayers
- alleluia
- amen
- anoint
- anointed
- anointment
- christening
- communicant
- communion
- confirm
- confirmation
- hosanna
- invocation
- litany
- liturgical
- sacrament
- sacramental
- thanksgiving
- the last rites
- unction
- vespers
blessingnoun(LUCKY SITUATION)
[C]
something that isextremelyluckyor makes youhappy:
幸事；喜事It was a blessingthatno one waskilledin theaccident.事故中没有人死真是万幸。
Good luck and bad luck
- align
- bad/hard/tough luck!idiom
- be bad luck onsomeoneidiom
- be down onyourluckidiom
- be in/out of luckidiom
- fortune smiles onsomeoneidiom
- get the short end of the stickidiom
- godsend
- grace
- hapless
- merciful
- mercifully
- mercy
- miracle
- misadventure
- shame
- streak
- voodoo
- with any luckidiom
- your luck's in!idiom
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Causing pleasure
blessingnoun(APPROVAL)
someone'sblessing
approvalthat someone gives to aplanoraction:
同意；允许Thecommitteehasgivenitsblessingtotheplan.委员会批准了这项计划。
Eventually they gotmarriedwith her father's blessing.最终他们征得她父亲的同意结了婚。
The writer'swidowhad already given her blessing to theproject.
He went to hismothertoseekher blessing.
With his blessing, Imovedto New York and took anapartmentthere.
Allowing and permitting
- admission
- admit ofsomething
- allow ofsomething
- allowable
- approval
- authorization
- authorize
- clearance
- entrance
- given the chance/choiceidiom
- green-light
- hall pass
- imprimatur
- left
- liberty
- relicense
- relicensure
- say-so
- security clearance
- seeyourway (clear) todoing somethingidiom
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Approving & approval
Idiom
a blessing in disguise