| 单词 | deliverance |
| 释义 | deliverance (once / 746 pages) n If you’re seeking deliverance, you want to be set free or removed from a bad situation. If you're taken hostage in a bank heist, you might pray for deliverance. You probably notice that deliver makes up a big chunk of deliverance. One meaning of deliver is “to set free” — and that’s what deliverance is: the act of setting someone free. Deliverance often has religious connotations, but the word can be used for other kinds of rescue or liberation. You might want deliverance from the hardship of working on your uncle’s farm all summer, or at least deliverance from the smell of manure. WORD FAMILYdeliverance: deliverances+/deliver: deliverable, deliverance, delivered, deliverer, delivering, delivers, delivery/deliverable: deliverables/deliverer: deliverers/delivery: deliveries USAGE EXAMPLESAt the moment, I don’t even think of my phone as a phone any more, but just a device for the deliverance of horrors. The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) It’s more like ‘Deliverance,’ ” he said, referring to the movie. Washington Post(Dec 17, 2016) Sherman Pitt, pastor of the Kingdom Tabernacle Deliverance Center, was pulled over after forgetting to wear his seat belt. Washington Times(Nov 18, 2016) n recovery or preservation from loss or danger work is the deliverance of mankind Syn|Hypo|Hyper delivery, rescue, saving lifesaving saving the lives of drowning persons redemption, salvation(theology) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil reclamation, reformationrescuing from error and returning to a rightful course salvagethe act of rescuing a ship or its crew or its cargo from a shipwreck or a fire salvagethe act of saving goods or property that were in danger of damage or destruction salvationsaving someone or something from harm or from an unpleasant situation search and rescue missiona rescue mission to search for survivors and to rescue them absolution, remission, remission of sin, remittalthe act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance conversion, rebirth, spiritual rebirtha spiritual enlightenment causing a person to lead a new life atonement, expiation, propitiationthe act of atoning for sin or wrongdoing (especially appeasing a deity) recovery, retrieval the act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost) |
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