1 N-PROPER 天堂;天国 In some religions, heaven is said to be the place where God lives, where good people go when they die, and where everyone is always happy. It is usually imagined as being high up in the sky. 天堂;天国
SYN paradise, next world, hereafter, nirvana [Buddhism , Hinduism]
2 N-UNCOUNT 极乐（之地）；天堂般美好（的世界） You can use heaven to refer to a place or situation that you like very much. 极乐（之地）；天堂般美好（的世界） [informal]
3 N-PLURAL 天空 The heavens are the sky. 天空 [old-fashioned]
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He walked out into the middle of the road, looking up at the heavens.
他走出去站在大路中间，抬头仰望着天空。
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...a detailed map of the heavens.
详细的星空图
4 See also: seventh heaven
5 PHRASE 但愿不会这样;千万不要这样;苍天不容;老天不许 You say 'Heaven forbid!' to emphasize that you very much hope that something will not happen. 但愿不会这样;千万不要这样;苍天不容;老天不许 [spoken, emphasis]
6 EXCLAM （表示惊讶或强调）天哪 You say 'Good heavens!' or 'Heavens!' to express surprise or to emphasize that you agree or disagree with someone. （表示惊讶或强调）天哪 [spoken, feelings]
7 PHRASE …只有靠天帮忙了;谁也帮不了…了 You say 'Heaven help someone' when you are worried that something bad is going to happen to them, often because you disapprove of what they are doing or the way they are behaving. …只有靠天帮忙了;谁也帮不了…了 [spoken, disapproval]
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If this makes sense to our leaders, then heaven help us all.
如果我们的领导人认为这是合情合理的，那么谁也帮不了我们了。
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Heaven help the man she marries.
谁要娶了她就只有靠老天保佑了。
8 PHRASE 天知道;谁晓得 You can say 'Heaven knows' to emphasize that you do not know something, or that you find something very surprising. 天知道;谁晓得 [spoken, emphasis] [spoken, emphasis]
9 PHRASE 确实;一定;无疑 You can say 'Heaven knows' to emphasize something that you feel or believe very strongly. 确实;一定;无疑
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Heaven knows they have enough money.
他们的钱够多了。
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This gained me some thinking time, and heaven knows I needed it.
这为我赢得了一点思考的时间，而我确实非常需要它。
10 PHRASE [VERB inflects, usually PHRASE to-infinitive] 想尽一切办法;竭尽全力;千方百计 If you move heaven and earth to do something, you try as hard as you can to do it. 想尽一切办法;竭尽全力;千方百计
SYN struggle, work hard, strive, spare no effort
11 PHRASE [quest PHR] （用于以 what、when、who、why 及 how 开头的疑问句中表示强调）到底，究竟 You can use in heaven's name in questions beginning with 'what', 'when', 'who', 'why' and 'how' to add emphasis in a way that shows that you are very angry or surprised. （用于以 what、when、who、why 及 how 开头的疑问句中表示强调）到底，究竟 [spoken, emphasis]
12 PHRASE 突然下起倾盆大雨 If the heavens open, it suddenly starts raining very heavily. 突然下起倾盆大雨
13 for heaven's sake→see: sake thank heavens→see: thank
Quotations
In my father's house are many mansions Bible: St. John
Work and pray
Live on hay
You'll get pie in the sky when you die Joe Hill The Preacher and the Slave
The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed Bible: St. Matthew
The kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls; who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it Bible: St. Matthew
The heaven of each is but what each desires Thomas Moore Lalla Rookh
heaven: a place where the wicked cease from troubling you with talk of their personal affairs, and the good listen with attention while you expound your own Ambrose Bierce The Devil's Dictionary
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