Providence
['prɒvɪd(ə)ns] or ['prɑvɪdəns]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) the guardianship and control exercised by a deity; 'divine providence'.
(noun.) the prudence and care exercised by someone in the management of resources.
(noun.) the capital and largest city of Rhode Island; located in northeastern Rhode Island on Narragansett Bay; site of Brown University.
(noun.) a manifestation of God's foresightful care for his creatures.
达米安校對--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The act of providing or preparing for future use or application; a making ready; preparation.
(n.) Foresight; care; especially, the foresight and care which God manifests for his creatures; hence, God himself, regarded as exercising a constant wise prescience.
(n.) A manifestation of the care and superintendence which God exercises over his creatures; an event ordained by divine direction.
(n.) Prudence in the management of one's concerns; economy; frugality.
編輯:凯利
同義詞及近義詞:
n. [1]. Forethought, forecast, timely care.[2]. Divine government, divine superintendence.
埃尔温整理
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Forethought, timely_care, forecast, divine_government,{divine_superintendence}
ANT:Improvidence, recklessness, carelessness
霍奇編輯
解釋/意思:
n. timely preparation: (theol.) the foresight and care of God over all His creatures: God considered in this relation: something occurring in which God's care is clearly shown: prudence in managing one's affairs.—adjs. Prov′ident seeing beforehand and providing for the future: cautious: prudent: economical; Providen′tial effected by or proceeding from divine providence.—advs. Providen′tially; Prov′idently.—n. Prov′identness.
編輯:罗比
例句/造句/用法:
- Oh, Providence is kind! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Well, then, we'll all go ahead and buy up niggers, said the man, if that's the way of Providence,--won't we, Squire? 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- I suppose it answers some wise ends: Providence made them so, eh, Bulstrode? 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- It was a little particular of Providence,' said the foreign gentleman, laughing; 'for the frontier is not large. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Ah, my dear Miss Bart, I am not divine Providence, to guarantee your enjoying the things you are trying to get! 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- It was that, in my being brought low, he saw the finger of Providence. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- He went back to Providence and set to work, and brought the engine back with him to the shop. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- And all this was to have come without study or other inconvenience, purely by the favor of providence in the shape of an old gentleman's caprice. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- There is a good deal of trusting in Providence about the whole scheme, said Justinian, with a sigh. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- Ah, but in doing it--in doing it you were the unconscious instrument of--of--what word have we moderns for Providence, Mr. Archer? 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- It has pleased Providence to postpone the attainment of this object. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- After five years of misunderstandings on the stairs, it pleased an all-wise Providence to relieve us of each other by taking my wife. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- Yes, continued the tall man, we must all be resigned to the decrees of Providence. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- Whether Providence had taken equal care of Miss Brooke in presenting her with Mr. Casaubon was an idea which could hardly occur to him. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- But it was a merciful Providence which prevented him from foreseeing the hideous reality which awaited them in the grim depths of that gloomy wood. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- They are a kind of providences that you'll have to be pretty sparing of, Master Sam. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- These yer 's all providences. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
整理:康拉德