providential

英 [ˌprɒvɪˈdenʃl]

美 [ˌprɑːvɪˈdenʃl]

adj.  天缘巧合的; 及时的; 适时的

GRE

BNC.34183 / COCA.25293

牛津词典

adj.

• 天缘巧合的；及时的；适时的
  lucky because it happens at the right time, but without being planned

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 天缘巧合的；幸运的；凑巧的
  Aprovidentialevent is lucky because it happens at exactly the right time.
  1. He explained the yellow fever epidemic as a providential act to discourage urban growth...
     他解释说黄热病的流行恰好减缓了城市的扩张。
  2. The pistols were loaded so our escape is indeed providential.
     手枪是上了子弹的，所以我们能逃脱实在幸运。

双语例句

• Only then will the dispensation of the providential salvation of heaven be completed at last.
  唯有如此，天的拯救摄理最后才能完成。
• Nora thought it was providential that they had asked her to visit just now, when she so desperately needed pampering.
  劳拉想在她失落而需要人宠爱的时候，正是在此时他们邀请她作客真是太幸运了。
• Although I am an outsider that the net swims, but I also think this is "not providential" thing.
  虽然我是个网游的局外人，但我也认为这是一件“没天理”的事情。
• He once was a Roosevelt "brain truster". Soames Forsyte was a member of the board of the Providential Premium Reassurance Society.
  他曾是罗斯福总统智囊团成员。
• Individuals of wiser faith, indeed, who knew that Heaven promotes its purposes without aiming at the stage-effect of what is called miraculous interposition, were inclined to see a providential hand in Roger Chillingworth's so opportune arrival.
  而一些具有更加聪慧的信仰的人明知，上天为实现其目的，不必求助于所谓奇迹的插曲来达到舞台效果，但也乐于看到罗杰齐灵握斯是假上天之手才及时到来的。
• Their departure just before the floods was providential.
  他们恰在发洪水之前离开，走得真是时候。
• This presented a providential occasion to eat another apple-turnover before entering the unknown.
  真是上苍安排的一个好机会，要他在进入茫茫宇宙之前再吃一个苹果饺。
• By then, however, Chiang had come to think that the loss of the mainland might have been "providential".
  然而，当时蒋先生逐渐把丢失大陆看作一种“幸运”。
• Soames Forsyte was a member of the board of the providential premium reassurance society.
  索姆斯福赛特是天佑再保险会的董事。
• Although this is a providential and perhaps inevitable development, it does not mean that all individuals actually pursue a career doing what they love for a living.
  尽管这是不以人们的意志而转移的，或许是必然的进步，但是这并不意味着每个人实际上都可以选择一个他们所喜爱的职业并以此谋生。