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单词 miracle
释义
miraclemir‧a‧cle /ˈmɪrəkəl/ ●●○ noun [countable] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINmiracle
Origin:
1100-1200 Old French, Latin miraculum
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Genetic testing is indeed a scientific miracle.
  • It'll be a miracle if we get to the airport in time.
  • Manley's hope for an economic miracle in Jamaica was not realized.
  • She performed many miracles and had the gift of prophecy.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • A number of miracles have been attributed to him, due to the unearthing.
  • And she has already been known, you tell me, to work miracles.
  • And then the miracle Ellie was still praying for happened.
  • Both instances were examples of those soccer healing miracles, as Estrada was able to continue play moments later.
  • But she was still paralyzed, and they could work no miracle.
  • But then a man like him was in no need of miracles.
  • I can call myself lucky because streptomycin, the miracle drug, is newly available.
  • It is a position of danger where miracles of healing may occur but miracles of disaster also.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatormedicine/treatment
if a medicine, treatment etc is effective , it achieves the result that you want: · Antibiotics are only effective if you finish the whole course of treatment.effective in doing something: · Doctors soon realized that this drug was also effective in relieving the symptoms of arthritis.effective against: · Penicillin can be taken in various forms and is effective against a wide range of infections.highly effective: · Malarone is a new drug that has already proved highly effective.
if a medicine, treatment etc works , it has the effect that you want it to have: · I've tried several different diets, but none of them seem to work.· It's too late for surgery, but chemotherapy might just work.
a medicine or drug that is powerful or potent is very strong and works very quickly so that it should be used very carefully: · Little is known about the long-term effects of powerful drugs such as Duromine.· Nicotine is a powerful appetite suppressant.· Alcohol is much less potent than opium, because it works in an entirely different way.
a drug or type of treatment that will completely cure a painful or serious illness - use this especially when you do not really think that such a drug or treatment exists: · Unfortunately there's no miracle cure for a hangover.· Some alternative practitioners seem to regard the herb as some kind of miracle drug, but conventional doctors are warning them to be careful.
WORD SETS
abbess, nounabbey, nounabbot, nounabsolution, nounAdvent, nounalleluia, interjectionaltar boy, nounAnglican, nounAnglo-Catholic, nounapocalyptic, adjectiveapostle, nounapostolic, adjectivearchbishop, nounarchbishopric, nounarchdeacon, nounarchdiocese, nounArk of the Covenant, nounAsh Wednesday, nounAuthorized Version, banns, nounbaptism, nounBaptist, nounbaptize, verbbasilica, nounbeadle, nounbeatify, verbBenedictine, nounbenediction, nounbenefice, nounbiblical, adjectivebiretta, nounbishop, nounbishopric, nounblaspheme, verbblasphemy, nounbrother, nounbull, nounCalvinism, nounCalvinist, adjectivecanon, nouncanonical, adjectivecanonize, verbcanon law, nouncantor, nouncardinal, nouncardinal sin, nouncarol, nouncatechism, nouncathedral, nounCatholic, adjectivechantry, nounchapel, nounchaplain, nounchaplaincy, nounchapter, nounchapterhouse, nouncherub, nounChrist, nounchristen, verbChristendom, nounchristening, nounChristian, nounChristian, adjectivechurch, nounchurchgoer, nounchurchman, nounChurch of England, nounchurchwarden, nounchurchwoman, nounchurchyard, nounclergyman, nounclergywoman, nouncleric, nounclerical, adjectiveclerk, nouncloister, nouncollect, nouncommandment, nouncommunicant, nouncompline, nounconfess, verbconfession, nounconfessional, nounconfessor, nounconfirmation, nouncongregation, nounCongregationalism, nounconsecrate, verbcope, nouncreationist, nouncreche, nouncrib, nouncrosier, nouncrozier, nouncrucifix, nouncrucifixion, nouncrusade, nouncrusade, verbcrypt, nouncuracy, nouncurate, noundeacon, noundeaconess, noundean, noundeanery, noundiocese, noundisciple, noundisestablish, verbdispensation, noundog collar, nounDominican, nounEaster, nounecclesiastic, nounecclesiastical, adjectiveecumenical, adjectiveEden, nounelder, nounencyclical, nounEpiphany, nounepiscopal, adjectiveEpistle, nounevangelical, adjectiveevangelist, nounevangelize, verbevensong, nounexcommunicate, verbexegesis, nounfellowship, nounflagellant, nounflagellate, verbflock, nounfont, nounFr, friar, nounfrock, nounfundamentalist, noungargoyle, noungenuflect, verbgodfather, nounGod-fearing, adjectivegodless, adjectivegodly, adjectivegodmother, noungodparent, noungodson, nounGood Friday, noungrace, noungracious, adjectiveHail Mary, nounharvest festival, nounHigh Church, nounHigh Mass, nounHoly Communion, nounHoly Father, nounHoly Spirit, nounHoly Week, nounHoly Writ, nounhomily, nounhymn book, nounimprimatur, nounincarnation, nouninduct, verbindulgence, nouninquisitor, nouninterdenominational, adjectiveinterdict, nounJehovah, Jesuit, nounJesus, judgment day, nounlay, adjectivelay reader, nounlectern, nounlesson, nounlitany, nounLow Church, nounlychgate, nounMadonna, nounmanna, nounmanse, nounmatins, nounmeeting-house, nounmessianic, adjectiveMethodist, nounminister, nounministerial, adjectiveministry, nounminster, nounmiracle, nounmissal, nounmissionary, nounmitre, nounmoderator, nounMonsignor, nounMorning Prayer, nounmortal sin, nounMother of God, nounMother Superior, nounname day, nounNativity, nounNativity play, nounnave, nounNegro spiritual, nounNoah's ark, nounNonconformist, adjectivenuncio, nounoffertory, nounoratory, nounordination, nounoriginal sin, nounOur Father, nounOur Lady, Our Lord, padre, nounPalm Sunday, nounpapacy, nounpapal, adjectivepapist, nounparable, nounparish, nounparish church, nounparish clerk, nounparishioner, nounparochial, adjectiveparochial school, nounparson, nounparsonage, nounpassion play, nounpastor, nounpatriarch, nounpatron saint, nounpenance, nounpenitent, nounPentecost, nounPentecostal, adjectiveperdition, nounPlymouth Brethren, nounpontiff, nounpontifical, adjectivepontificate, nounPope, nounprayer book, nounpredestination, nounprelate, nounPresbyterian, nounpresbytery, nounpriest, nounPrimate, nounprior, nounprioress, nounpriory, nounPromised Land, the, Protestant, nounpsalm, nounpsalmist, nounpsalter, nounpulpit, nounQuaker, nounRC, rector, nounrectory, nounredeem, verbredemption, nounrequiem, nounRev, Revd, Reverend, nounReverend Mother, nounrevival, nounrevival meeting, nounRoman Catholic, adjectiverood screen, nounrosary, nounsacrament, nounsacristan, nounsacristy, nounsaint, nounsainted, adjectivesainthood, nounsaint's day, nounsalvation, nounsanctuary, nounSatan, nounsave, verbschism, nounscriptural, adjectivesecular, adjectivesee, nounseminary, nounseraph, nounsermon, nounsexton, nounShrove Tuesday, nounsister, nounsisterhood, nounSJ, special licence, nounsteeple, nounstigmata, nounstoup, nounSunday school, nounsurplice, nounsynod, nountabernacle, nountestify, verbtransubstantiation, nounTrappist, noununfrock, verbUnitarian, nounvenial, adjectivevespers, nounvestment, nounvestry, nounvicar, nounvicarage, nounvotive, adjectivevow, nounVulgate, the, nounWhitsun, nounwimple, nounXmas, noun
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYverbs
(=achieve something very good which no one thought was possible)· The new coach has worked miracles, and the team have won their last four games.
· Do you believe in miracles?
· He'll need a miracle to pass this test.
(=need a miracle)· it would take a miracle to transform her into an elegant woman.
· I knew I would probably never walk again, but I couldn’t help hoping for a miracle.
· We prayed for a miracle, but her burns were so severe that she did not survive.
· Then the miracle happened – there was a job, and I could have it.
adjectives
(=something lucky but not very important)· I’d managed to produce a good meal in half an hour, which seemed like a minor miracle.
· Brazil seemed to be experiencing an economic miracle.
miracle + NOUN
(=someone who performs miracles)· A doctor is just a person, not a miracle worker.
(=something that solves a problem very effectively)· Unfortunately, there is no miracle cure for thinning hair.
(=a very effective drug that cures a serious disease)· Why is this new miracle drug so expensive?
phrases
· It’s a miracle you weren’t killed
· It was no miracle, it was just good planning and leadership.
(=it is extremely unexpected and you are very pleased about it)· What has happened is nothing short of a miracle.
· Don’t expect miracles. A hairdresser can't make a 50-year-old look like a 20-year-old.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(=a very effective one that cures a serious disease)· People always hope for a miracle cure.
(=do things that seem impossible)· I'm prepared to work hard to get the job done but I can't perform miracles.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
· Suddenly, the economic miracle of the past decade began to be recognized for what it was.· Equally important was the West Berlin economic miracle.· The main Conservative claim to national support, therefore, namely that they had worked an economic miracle, seemed increasingly shallow.· It could disappear into the whirring computers and multicolored flow charts of the economic miracle.· She barely mentions the economic miracle.· That sense of compassion could vault to the surface very quickly if the economic miracle began to curdle.· There are lots of references to bringing the crime rate down, economic miracles and all sorts of things like that.· What is happening in the land of the economic miracle?
· It is not the great economic miracle that we have heard about.· All of this helps us to realise that a great miracle lies in the very handing on of faith.· By some miracle all three aircraft landed safely and by an even greater miracle none of the three pilots were wounded.
· Between us we had even hired a video so that we could record this minor miracle of medical history for posterity.· From the kitchen wafts the fragrance of fresh-baked. minor miracles.
· It seemed like a small, sweet miracle.· We made it through the campaign without being found out, no small miracle.· It's a small miracle that none of the Yorkshire 10 is crushed as she lies down.· Tonight feels like a small miracle, laughing and dancing without language.· But rarely have sport and literature combined so seamlessly as in this small miracle of a book.· Indeed, small miracles have been achieved in improving efficiency, shortening in-patient stay and improving facilities for day-surgery.· It can be added that they are not mysteries, not discontinuities, not small or large miracles, and so on.· A small miracle after the endless hiding.
NOUN
· Unfortunately, there is no miracle cure for thinning hair but there are some very good treatments around.· The miracle cure is when the patient helped cure himself..· Salesmen sell miracle cures for all kinds of diseases.· The alternatives have very seldom been tested in any scientific way, and their promises of miracle cures are usually anecdotal.· Yet levitation and miracle cures were not unknown.· And miracle cures had become almost religious lore.· If so, tax cuts would be the miracle cure.
· I can call myself lucky because streptomycin, the miracle drug, is newly available.· The fear of chemicals can also delay new miracle drugs from entering the market.· Last week medical research came up with another miracle drug.
VERB
· David Kent seemed to be achieving near miracles.
· People actually believe he performs miracles.· Two boys, perched upon a wall, surprise A gesture and believe the miracle.· So unless you believe in unproven economic miracles, the alternative is busting the budget.· I happen to believe in miracles, but it would be sheer folly to depend on them.
· A miracle is called for, but miracles do happen and we just need to find the villa, that's all.· What they call the miracle of electricity.
· You weren't supposed to expect miracles, not in this world.· He will not expect miracles, only a reasonable standard of proficiency.· And perhaps they expected to see more miracles today.· If you have had a weight problem for a long time, do not expect a miracle in a few weeks.· None of them expects miracles in the economy this year and growth forecasts range from a bare 0.2 percent to 2 percent.· Ray Hankin could not be expected to work miracles with the team he inherited from Frank Gray.
· I happen to believe in miracles, but it would be sheer folly to depend on them.· So they would tell each other it had happened, a lovely miracle which made the cruel death seem less cruel.
· As the fiery blush mounted her cheeks, she shook his hand briefly, desperately hoping for a miracle.· She knew it, but she was hoping for a miracle.· Took her to the vet, hoping for miracle.
· They needed a miracle and that miracle was me, Les Bence.· Does it sound to you as though it would need a miracle to make randomly jostling atoms join together into a self-replicating molecule?· We were in their hands and obviously we needed a miracle to get us out.
· It is a position of danger where miracles of healing may occur but miracles of disaster also.· One of his most popular miracles occurred one day while plowing.· As often happens in summer, a climatic miracle occurred.· The miracles which have since occurred at his grave have confirmed his holiness.· Thus most of the miracles occur in these three separate periods.· The miracle occurred just as predicted.· Unfortunately, no miracle occurred, and it is recorded that the child was left abandoned.
· Having performed a healing miracle, she is packed off to a remote convent.· Tony Freeman prays that he can perform a miracle.· Cloughie has performed miracles with limited resources at his disposal.· People actually believe he performs miracles.· Stalls were out and there were mummers performing miracle plays.· She had the gift of prophecy, performed many miracles and is known to have mysteriously supplied food for the convent.· Such an accusation is hardly likely to have been invented by his enemies if he had not performed miracles.· He even performed a miracle to prove his innocence.
· It seemed a near miracle that it got off to a relatively smooth start, politically speaking, in 1921-2.· That the child was so large and active seemed something of a miracle.· Such people seem to connect miracle and faith like this: This idea is not the one found in the Synoptic Gospels.· Because of this modern definition of miracles many people seem to think miracles do not happen very often today.· But somehow it seemed like a miracle.· For our decade-conscious brains, an event that happens only once per aeon is so rare as to seem a major miracle.· From here to chanson twelve is hell to heaven but our game old poet seemed to work his miracle.
· Why should anyone mind a person working miracles?· The intuitive answer, and the one that we would all like to believe, is that it has worked a miracle.· And she has already been known, you tell me, to work miracles.· A hired hand who worked miracles and shared what little he had with those few who were less fortunate.· Whereas for me she works miracles.· But she was still paralyzed, and they could work no miracle.· If he can work miracles in me, you have no problem.· Even if animosity worked miracles in bringing about good grades, would it be worth it?
Phrases
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
  • I can call myself lucky because streptomycin, the miracle drug, is newly available.
  • If so, tax cuts would be the miracle cure.
  • Last week medical research came up with another miracle drug.
  • Salesmen sell miracle cures for all kinds of diseases.
  • The miracle cure is when the patient helped cure himself.
  • The alternatives have very seldom been tested in any scientific way, and their promises of miracle cures are usually anecdotal.
  • The fear of chemicals can also delay new miracle drugs from entering the market.
  • Unfortunately, there is no miracle cure for thinning hair but there are some very good treatments around.
  • We're relying on Foster performing miracles out on the football field today.
  • A hired hand who worked miracles and shared what little he had with those few who were less fortunate.
  • And she has already been known, you tell me, to work miracles.
  • Cloughie has performed miracles with limited resources at his disposal.
  • Even if animosity worked miracles in bringing about good grades, would it be worth it?
  • If he can work miracles in me, you have no problem.
  • People actually believe he performs miracles.
  • Whereas for me she works miracles.
  • Why should anyone mind a person working miracles?
  • As with Ste Germaine at Rennes, and other saints, a miracle of roses is attributed to her.
  • He had just provided some polish for a machine that was already a miracle of design.
  • In a city where rules are supposedly made for bending, it is a miracle of law enforcement.
  • It was a miracle of rare device, A sunny pleasure-dome with caves of ice!
  • She saw the pale flame she had lit in him burn tall and steady, a miracle of faithfulness out of unfaithfulness.
  • Therein lies a miracle of distribution.
  • Yet, by a miracle of defensive dexterity, Kasparov survived again and again from what looked like imminent disaster.
1something very lucky or very good that happens which you did not expect to happen or did not think was possible:  It’s a miracle you weren’t killed! By some miracle, we managed to catch the plane. the economic miracle of the 1950s. She’s our miracle baby.small/minor miracle (=something lucky but not very important) The fence’s survival in these winds seems like a minor miracle.2an action or event believed to be caused by God, which is impossible according to the ordinary laws of nature:  Do you believe in miracles?3miracle cure/drug a very effective medical treatment that cures even serious diseases:  There is no miracle cure for diabetes.4work/perform miracles to have a very good effect or achieve a very good result:  Maybe you should try yoga – it worked miracles for me.5a miracle of something a very good example of something:  The concert tour was an absolute miracle of organization. a miracle of modern engineeringCOLLOCATIONSverbsperform/work a miracle (=achieve something very good which no one thought was possible)· The new coach has worked miracles, and the team have won their last four games.believe in miracles· Do you believe in miracles?need a miracle· He'll need a miracle to pass this test.take a miracle (=need a miracle)· it would take a miracle to transform her into an elegant woman.hope for a miracle· I knew I would probably never walk again, but I couldn’t help hoping for a miracle.pray for a miracle· We prayed for a miracle, but her burns were so severe that she did not survive.a miracle happens· Then the miracle happened – there was a job, and I could have it.adjectivesa minor/small miracle (=something lucky but not very important)· I’d managed to produce a good meal in half an hour, which seemed like a minor miracle.an economic miracle· Brazil seemed to be experiencing an economic miracle.miracle + NOUNa miracle worker (=someone who performs miracles)· A doctor is just a person, not a miracle worker.a miracle cure (=something that solves a problem very effectively)· Unfortunately, there is no miracle cure for thinning hair.a miracle drug (=a very effective drug that cures a serious disease)· Why is this new miracle drug so expensive?phrasesit’s a miracle (that)· It’s a miracle you weren’t killedsomething is no miracle· It was no miracle, it was just good planning and leadership.something is nothing short of a miracle (=it is extremely unexpected and you are very pleased about it)· What has happened is nothing short of a miracle.don't expect miracles· Don’t expect miracles. A hairdresser can't make a 50-year-old look like a 20-year-old.
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