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单词 promised land
释义
promised land
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n

You can use the phrase promised land to talk about any perfect place, whether it's your grandparents' idyllic lake house or the land beyond the rainbow Dorothy imagines in "The Wizard of Oz."
If you hope to one day be a famous stage actor, Broadway may be your promised land, or the place where you imagine all your dreams will come true. A beach that makes you blissfully happy, or a future world you dream of — both of these are your promised lands. The origin of promised land is decidedly Biblical: in the Old Testament, Abraham and his descendants are promised the land of Canaan.
WORD FAMILY
promised land: promised lands
USAGE EXAMPLES
Surprisingly, more Africans receive remuneration this way - 11% - than those in the promised land of Europe.
BBC(Nov 28, 2016)
In fairness to the state, it’s not just the Alaska government that has promised land to the university.
Washington Times(Nov 14, 2016)
But it may take some years in the wilderness before the party figures out which ones can find the promised land.
Time(Nov 10, 2016)
n any place of complete bliss and delight and peace
Syn|Hyper
Eden, Shangri-la, heaven, nirvana, paradise
part, region
the extended spatial location of something
Promised Land
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n

WORD FAMILY
Promised Land: Promised Lands
USAGE EXAMPLES
The Indians also took game four, a 7-2 win edging them within one victory of the Promised Land.
BBC(Nov 03, 2016)
He too had seen the Promised Land, but never made it there.
New York Times(Oct 22, 2016)
He was taken to what had long been the boys’ Promised Land: Britain.
Time(Oct 21, 2016)
1n an ancient country in southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea; a place of pilgrimage for Christianity and Islam and Judaism
Syn|Exp
Canaan, Holy Land, Palestine
geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region
a demarcated area of the Earth
2n the goal towards which Christians strive
Hyper
Heaven
the abode of God and the angels
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