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providence

/ˈpɹɑvɪdəns/ 名词 C2

中文: 天意、眷顾

  1. The careful governance and guidance of God (or another deity, nature, etc.). (countable, uncountable)
  2. A manifestation of divine care or direction; an instance of divine intervention. (countable, uncountable)
  3. Specifically, the prudent care and management of resources; thriftiness, frugality. (countable, uncountable) · His providence in saving for his old age is exemplary.

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“I have settled it all;” and then Teddy’s mother picked him up from the dust and hugged him, crying that he had saved Teddy from death, and Teddy’s father said that he was a providence, and Teddy looked on with big scared eyes.
《The Jungle Book》,第72页 · B2
Marilla did not look as if she thought Providence had much to do with the matter.
《Anne of Green Gables》,第56页 · C1
Rachel was not often sick and had a well-defined contempt for people who were; but grippe, she asserted, was like no other illness on earth and could only be interpreted as one of the special visitations of Providence.
《Anne of Green Gables》,第62页 · C1
It was Providence, because the Almighty saw we needed her, I reckon.”
《Anne of Green Gables》,第290页 · C1

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