| 单词 | god |
| 释义 | god (gɒd ) Word forms: gods 1. proper noun A2 The name God is given to the spirit or being who is worshipped as the creator and ruler of the world, especially by Jews, Christians, and Muslims. He believes in God. God bless you. 2. convention B1 People sometimes use God in exclamations to emphasize something that they are saying, or to express surprise, fear, or excitement. This use could cause offence. [emphasis] God, how I hated him! Oh my God he's shot somebody. Good God, it's Mr Harper! God Almighty, Hart, you scared me silly. 3. countable noun B2 In many religions, a god is one of the spirits or beings that are believed to have power over a particular part of the world or nature. ...Pan, the God of nature. [+ of] ...Zeus, king of the gods. Synonyms: deity, immortal, divinity, divine being 4. countable noun Someone who is admired very much by a person or group of people, and who influences them a lot, can be referred to as a god. To his followers he was a god. 5. See also act of God 6. God forbid phrase If you say God forbid, you are expressing your hope that something will not happen. [feelings] If, God forbid, something goes wrong, I don't know what I would do. 7. God's gift phrase [verb-link PHRASE] If a person thinks they are God's gift to someone or something, they think they are perfect or extremely good. [informal] 8. God help phrase [PHRASE noun] You use God help you to warn someone that something unpleasant will happen to them if they do a particular thing. [informal] God help him if he gets in my way. The boss says you must wear a tie. And God help you if you don't. 9. God help phrase [PHRASE noun] If you feel sorry for someone because they are in a difficult or unpleasant situation, especially if you think that nobody can help them, you can say God help them. [informal, feelings] 'God help them,' he said. 'They're beyond help.' 10. God help us phrase [PHRASE with cl] If you say God help us, you mean that you have negative feelings about the person or situation you are talking about. [informal, disapproval] The first song is 11 minutes long, the last nearly the same, and, God help us, there's a drum solo along the way. 11. God knows/God only knows/God alone knows phrase You can say God knows, God only knows, or God alone knows to emphasize that you do not know something. [emphasis] Gunga spoke God knows how many languages. God alone knows what she thinks. 12. God knows phrase If someone says God knows in reply to a question, they mean that they do not know the answer. [emphasis] 'Where is he now?' 'God knows.' 13. a man of God phrase The term a man of God is sometimes used to refer to Christian priests or ministers. I am a man of God. 14. in God's name phrase If someone uses such expressions as what in God's name, why in God's name, or how in God's name, they are emphasizing how angry, annoyed, or surprised they are. [informal, emphasis] What in God's name do you expect me to do? Why in God's name did you have to tell her? 15. play God phrase If someone plays God, they act as if they have unlimited power and can do anything they want. [disapproval] You have no right to play God in my life! 16. please God phrase [usually PHRASE with cl] You say please God to emphasize a strong hope, wish, or desire that you have. [emphasis] Please God, let him telephone me now. 17. to God phrase You can use God in expressions such as I hope to God, or I wish to God, or I swear to God, in order to emphasize what you are saying. [emphasis] I hope to God they are paying you well. I wish to God I hadn't met you. 18. God willing phrase If you say God willing, you are saying that something will happen if all goes well. God willing, there will be a breakthrough. 19. to put the fear of God into someone phrase [VERB inflects] If someone or something puts the fear of God into you, they frighten or worry you, often deliberately. At some time or other Eve had obviously put the fear of God into her. 20. honest to God phrase Some people say ' honest to God' to emphasize their feelings or to emphasize that something is really true. [informal, emphasis] I wish we weren't doing this, Lillian, honest to God, I really do. You wanna know the honest-to-God truth? 21. in the lap of the gods phrase If you say that a situation is in the lap of the gods, you mean that its success or failure depends entirely on luck or on things that are outside your control. They had to stop the operation, so at that stage my life was in the lap of the gods. 22. for God's sake phrase Some people use expressions such as for God's sake, for heaven's sake, for goodness sake, or for Pete's sake in order to express annoyance or impatience, or to add force to a question or request. The expressions 'for God's sake' and 'for Christ's sake' could cause offence. [informal, feelings] For goodness sake, why didn't you ring me? You've got a computer system, for heaven's sake. 23. thank God phrase B1+ You say ' Thank God', 'Thank Goodness', or 'Thank heavens' when you are very relieved about something. [feelings] I was wrong, thank God. Thank heavens we have you here. Quotations: As flies to wanton boys are we to the gods; They kill us for their sportKing Lear Heaven always bears some proportion to earth. The god of the cannibal will be a cannibal, of the crusader a crusader, and of the merchants a merchantThe Conduct of Life If the triangles were to make a god, he would have three sidesLettres Persanes Bacchus: a convenient deity invented by the ancients as an excuse for getting drunkThe Devil's Dictionary It is convenient that there be gods, and, as it is convenient, let us believe that there areArs Amatoria God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble Bible: Psalms God is seen God In the star, in the stone, in the flesh, in the soul and the clodMen and Women You cannot plumb the depths of the human heart, nor find out what a man is thinking; how do you expect to search out God, who made all these things, and find out his mind or comprehend his thoughts? Apocrypha: Judith If God did not exist, man would have to invent himEpître CIV à l'auteur du livre des trois imposteurs God moves in a mysterious way His wonders to performLight Shining Out of Darkness The voice of the people is the voice of GodEpistles God is but a word invented to explain the worldNouvelle harmonies poétiques et religieuses Thou shalt have one God only; who Would be at the expense of two?The Latest Decalogue God is subtle, but he is not malicious God, to me, it seems, is a verb not a noun, proper or improperNo More Secondhand God Theist and Atheist: The fight between them is as to whether God shall be called God or shall have some other nameNotebooks It is an insult to God to believe in God God and the doctor we alike adore But only when in danger, not before; The danger o'er, both are alike requited, God is forgotten, and the Doctor slightedEpigrams Any God I ever felt in church I brought in with meThe Color Purple God is really only another artist. He invented the giraffe, the elephant, and the cat. He has no real style. He just goes on trying other things Idioms: behave like a little tin god or behave like a tin god to behave as if you are much more important and powerful than you really are He accused the officials of behaving like tin gods. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers play God to behave as if you have complete power and can do anything that you want He insisted that the government should not play God: the market alone should decide what industries should be set up. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Translations: Chinese: 上帝 Japanese: 神 |
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