[ADJ 形容词]天赐的;神的;神圣的 You use divine to describe something that is provided by or relates to a god or goddess.
[usu ADJ n]
He suggested that the civil war had been a divine punishment.
他暗示说内战是上天的惩罚。
...divine inspiration.
天赐的灵感
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The law was divinely ordained.
律法神定。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]专门研究神学的牧师 A divine is a priest who specializes in the study of God and religion.
[OLD-FASHIONED 过时]
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]绝妙的;非凡的;极棒的 People use divine to express their pleasure or enjoyment of something.
[feelings]
[OLD-FASHIONED 过时]
'Isn't it divine?' she said. 'I wish I had the right sort of brooch to lend you for it.'...
“它是不是美极了?”她说道,“真希望我有合适的胸针可以借给你来搭配它。”
Darling how lovely to see you, you look simply divine.
亲爱的,见到你太让人高兴了,你看上去简直美极了。
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...divinely glamorous singer Jeffrey McDonald.
浑身魅力四射的歌唱家杰弗里·麦克唐纳
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[VERB 动词]猜测;揣度 If you divine something, you discover or learn it by guessing.
[V n]
[V that]
[Also V wh]
[LITERARY 文]
...the child's ability to divine the needs of its parents and respond to them...
孩子猜测父母的需要并作出回应的能力
From this he divined that she did not like him much.
他依此猜到她不太喜欢他。
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[VERB 动词](用探测棒)探测(地下水或矿藏) If you divine, you try to find underground supplies of water or minerals, using a special rod or pair of rods.
[V for n]
[V-ing]
[Also V]
The only reason I was divining for water was because of the drought.
我之所以探寻水源是因为发生了旱灾。
...a divining rod.
探测杆
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di·vine/dɪˈvaɪn; NAmEdɪˈvaɪn/
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divinedivinesdivineddiviningdivinerdivinestadjective1[usually before noun ]coming from or connected with God or a god 天赐的;上帝的;神的◆divine law/love/will天道;上帝的慈爱;天意◆divine intervention(= help from God to change a situation)上帝之祐2( old-fashioned) wonderful; beautiful 绝妙的;非凡的;极美的▶div·ine·ly/dɪˈvaɪnli; NAmEdɪˈvaɪnli/adverbverb1[transitive ]divinewhat, whether, etc… |divinesth ( formal) to find out sth by guessing 猜到;领悟◆She could divine what he was thinking just by looking at him.她一看就知道他在想什么。2[transitive , intransitive ]divine(sth) to search for underground water using a stick in the shape of a Y, called a divining rod(用丫形杖)探测(地下水)di·vine/dɪˈvaɪn; NAmEdɪˈvaɪn/div·ine·ly/dɪˈvaɪnli; NAmEdɪˈvaɪnli/
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divine1 adjective
divine2 verb
divinedi‧vine1 /dəˈvaɪn/ ●●○ adjective
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1coming from or relating to God or a goddivine intervention/providence/revelation/guidance etc faith in divine providence divine power divine love2 old-fashioned very pleasant or good—divinely adverb: a divinely inspired idea
divine1 adjective
divine2 verb
divinedivine2 verb
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1[transitive] literary to discover or guess somethingdivine that Somehow, the children had divined that he was lying.2[intransitive] to search for underground water or minerals using a Y-shaped stick: a divining rod (=the stick used for this)—diviner noun [countable]
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