单词 | providential |
释义 | providential From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishprovidentialprov‧i‧den‧tial /ˌprɒvɪˈdenʃəl◂ $ ˌprɑː-/ adjective formalLUCKYa providential event is a lucky one —providentially adverbExamples from the Corpusprovidential• Blackwell's arrival at that moment was providential.• They warned that politicians, once infused with a sense of providential mission, could morph into smarmy tyrants.• To Robyn, it seemed a providential opportunity to make another - this time decisive - break with Charles.• Change haunts Spenser, even when he acknowledges that a providential order is operating.• Nevertheless, Freud did detect a providential, protective element in the superego.• Thanks to that providential snowstorm the attack had been repulsed.• As for the scene in the Sammath Naur, it is even more providential than it looks. |
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