1.But the railway is unlikely to prove either the economic godsend to Tibet that Chinese accounts portray it as, or the harbinger of mass immigration that critics of Chinese rule in Tibet fear.
然而,无论是中国把这描绘成经济机遇的解释,还是评论家对大量移民预兆的恐惧,都不太可能从这条铁路上找到证明。
2.The rent was due, so your cheque came as an absolute godsend
租金已到期, 你的支票来到真是喜从天降!
3.For the bosses at the companies they invest in, that may be a godsend: how nice to be bailed out by a discreet “long-termist” investor who lets you keep your job, rather than be forked out in the Augean clean-up hedge-fund types might demand.
对那些在他们投资的公司中当老板的人来讲,这是上帝给的机会:有这么坚定的“长期投资者”拯救自己的工作机会,这比让那些有众多要求的对冲基金买走,然后在清理公司时将自己(清理奥格阿斯的牛圈)赶走不知道要好多少。
4.Maybe this is a kind of a godsend, you know; we can take...you know, the remains of Signor Pirelli and whoever else, and turn them into meat pies.
可能这是飞来鸿运,你知道;我们可以将...你知道,普莱利先生和其他所有人的尸体做成肉馅饼。
5.It was a godsend to have him there just when we needed someone.
"正当我们需要人的时候,在那里找到了他,这真是天公作美。"
6.Found in the savannas of Africa and India, the baobab is a godsend to locals who use nearly every part of the tree for food, medicine, and even shelter.
猴面包树在非洲和印度的热带稀树草原上都有发现,对于当地土著来说,它是天赐之物,他们充分利用它的每一部分,用来作食物、药品,甚至作掩蔽处。