| 单词 | providential |
| 释义 | providential (once / 2110 pages) adj If your best friend pulls up beside you in her convertible just as your bike gets a flat tire, you could call it providential, or magically lucky. The Latin root of providential is providentia, "foresight or precaution." Providence changed over the years; it usually referred specifically to the care of God, and it was spelled with a capital P. Providential, likewise, has another meaning that's purely religious, "resulting from God's intervention." Whether you're talking about God or not, if something is providential, it feels a little miraculous. WORD FAMILYprovidential: providentially+/improvidence: improvidences/improvident: improvidence, improvidently/provide: provided, provident, provider, provides, providing, provision/providence: providences, providential/provident: improvident, providence, providently/provider: providers/provision: provisional, provisionary, provisioned, provisioner, provisioning, provisions/provisional: provisionally/provisioner: provisioners USAGE EXAMPLESShe nudged me to attend Good Friday mass with her in 2000, and I take it as providential this day that I find myself here. Washington Times(Oct 12, 2016) “We’re calling it a beautiful act of God’s providential love and mercy,” Lee said. Time(Aug 08, 2016) And then of course, the great man whose presence in Dallas has seemed providential: Police Chief David Brown, 55. Wall Street Journal(Jul 14, 2016) 1adj peculiarly fortunate or appropriate; as if by divine intervention a providential recovery Syn heaven-sent, miraculous fortunate having unexpected good fortune 2adj relating to or characteristic of providence "assumption that nature operates only according to a providential plan"- M.R.Cohen 3adj resulting from divine providence providential care a providential visitation Syn divine heavenly of or belonging to heaven or god |
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