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单词 benison
释义

benison

/ˈbɛnɪz(ə)n / /ˈbɛnɪs(ə)n/
noun literary
A blessing: the rewards and benisons of marriage...
  • He sees himself as the applied scientist who will bring the benisons of molecular biology to practical use.
  • We know that Ms. Lavenham is on the road to wisdom, however, when James tells us she is ‘already half aware that, while good looks and prettiness were benisons, beauty was a dangerous and less amenable gift.’
  • All of the time-consuming, head-cracking effort of an editor has relaxed and evened out, as though deftly pressed by some magic iron, and a benison has spread over the evening.

Origin

Middle English: from Old French beneiçun, from Latin benedictio (see benediction).

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