| 单词 | miracle |
| 释义 | miracle (mɪrəkəl ) Word forms: miracles 1. countable noun B2 If you say that a good event is a miracle, you mean that it is very surprising and unexpected. It is a miracle no one was killed. The Italian economic miracle has always been a mystery. Synonyms: wonder, phenomenon, sensation, marvel 2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] A miracle drug or product does something that was thought almost impossible. [journalism] ...a miracle drug that is said to be a cure for Aids and cancer. 3. countable noun A miracle is a wonderful and surprising event that is believed to be caused by God. ...the miracle of the Virgin Birth. ...Jesus's ability to perform miracles. Synonyms: supernatural phenomenon, mystery, prodigy, thaumaturgy Quotations: Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe Bible: St. John The age of miracles is past Collocations: absolute miracle The Commonwealth Games has been an absolute miracle. Times, Sunday Times (2010) It's an absolute miracle she's still alive. The Sun (2014) It feels like an absolute miracle. Times, Sunday Times (2012) In (i) you can only win one trick barring a miracle. Times, Sunday Times By lunchtime today, barring a miracle, it will be free-falling into the void. The Sun The defeat that, barring a miracle, means his side are on the plane home. The Sun Their membership had dropped down to 12 people and, barring a miracle, they would have to close. Christianity Today Barring a miracle, he will miss the halfway cut. Times, Sunday Times Coal fuelled Germany's postwar economic miracle and the technology that converts coal into clean gas and liquids was a German invention. Times, Sunday Times (2007) Foreign policy has been slow to catch up with the economic miracle. Times, Sunday Times (2010) But is this economic miracle actually sustainable? Times, Sunday Times (2012) I've baked more than a thousand loaves in it; yet each new morning the arrival of a perfect loaf seems like a minor miracle. Times, Sunday Times (2013) If we go ten hours without so much as a muttered grumble, it's a minor miracle. The Sun (2012) It will now take a minor miracle for them to progress to the semi-final. The Sun (2011) There have been many supposed miracle diet pills before that have proved useless or worse. Times, Sunday Times Well the latter doesn't appear to be in any immediate danger of becoming true - unless you count those new miracle diet tablets announced last week. Times, Sunday Times Leaving it so late in the day to appeal to editors means that it will appear that any who do publish miracle diets have flouted the call to action. Times, Sunday Times As the pages tick by, it becomes clear that snake-oil salesmen promising supposed miracle diets are almost as old as humanity itself. Times, Sunday Times When he finishes his noisy, sweaty meal, and wipes his moustache, his forehead and his hands, a miracle occurs. Times, Sunday Times Limping, blundering on, betrayed by his players until qualification becomes impossible or a miracle occurs. The Sun Somehow, each year the miracle occurs. Times, Sunday Times Suddenly, a miracle occurs: it begins raining, restoring the biosphere. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 At this point the miracle occurs. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But he has made a miracle recovery and could now play. The Sun She was then broken to love and you knew, this time, there would be no miracle recovery. The Sun She died of cancer, conscious and lucid, knowing that this was the end: no miracle recovery, no consolations of religion. Times, Sunday Times Not only that, this modern miracle of a team were held together on subpar wages, and without the reassurance of a single trophy. Times,Sunday Times From the ruins of barbarism emerged a state that, for all its flaws, approaches a modern miracle. Times, Sunday Times It would be a modern miracle. The Sun This must be a modern miracle. The Sun Mercifully short and light-hearted, it's based on two brainstorming pilots involved in an entertaining series of modern miracles. Times, Sunday Times But then, let's face it, even he could never really perform that miracle. Times, Sunday Times He can perform a miracle, but the world will always find some way to shove him back in his place. Times, Sunday Times And so every manager who fails to perform the miracle has to be fired. Times, Sunday Times Then, as his popularity starts to wane, the agent tells him that he needs to perform a miracle in order to stay famous. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Ruby performed a miracle to stay on board when he made a terrible mistake on the first circuit. The Sun One legend says it may have had magical properties: sit on it and you'll either be injured or witness a miracle. Times, Sunday Times Some speak enthusiastically of an impending government-led revitalisation of the region and issue invitations to 'come back in three years to witness a miracle'. Times, Sunday Times Huge crowds came there to witness the miracle. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The only explanation was that we had witnessed a miracle. Christianity Today Many believed that they were witnessing a miracle of some kind. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 奇迹, 神奇的 Japanese: 奇跡, 驚異的な |
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