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

• When it is a question of the providential will of God, wait for God to move.
  既然是神的旨意，就等神去动工吧！
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The red cow didn't die by chance; and your rheumatism can hardly be reckoned among providential visitations! '
  那条红牛不是偶然死掉的，而你的风湿病还不能算作天赐的惩罚！
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。