Definition of bless in English:

bless

verb blɛsblɛs

[with object]

1Pronounce words in a religious rite in order to confer or invoke divine favour upon; ask God to look favourably on.
（牧师）为…祈神赐福，为…祈神保佑
he blessed the dying man and anointed him
他为垂危男子祈神保佑，并为他涂抹圣油。
Example sentencesExamples
- When Noach regains his senses, he curses Cham and Cham's son Canaan for their disrespectful behavior, and he blesses Shem and Yefet for their kind deed.
- The Elvenking is impressed with this and he blesses the hobbit.
- He touched lepers, forgave sinners, blessed the poor and consorted with tax collectors.
- She led them into battle where they achieved martyrdom and were blessed by Guru Gobind Singh.
- During one visit, according to Gurudeva, Lord Ganesha Himself appeared and blessed him at this temple.
- On that day, children of those ages are taken to a Shinto shrine to be blessed.
- The priest leads the service; he asks the couple if they wish to marry, blesses them, then declares them married.
- He blesses the newlyweds and tells the fairies to go through Athens and bless all the couples in love.
- Marco and Olive met as youngsters through their parents' friendship and, when they came of age, were blessed in marriage.
- On this occasion the Khanijou family took the opportunity to have a family reunion and perform religious ceremonies to bless their clients and friends and of course wish for another year of prosperity.
- The priest wraps a robe around the bride and groom, symbolizing their union, and blesses them before concluding the ceremony.
- Jesus reverses roles, as God did with Abraham, becomes their host, and blesses the two disciples by his presence in word and action.
- Later, this curse was reaffirmed when Isaac blessed Jacob, and once more when Balaam pronounced a prophetic blessing on Israel as a nation.
- Against this barren background, James blesses those who endure temptation with the following famous words.
- Subsequently, family members blessed Mazal by satellite and received her blessings in return.
- He fought anti-Semitism, hated racism, blessed the mother of Amadou Diallo, an unarmed African shot dead by New York city police.
- However, an ivory plaque of Christ blessing Otto II and Theophano shows how the match could dignify Saxon imperial pretensions.
- Aside from a general call to bless someone, I tried to use magic to grant a few specific people safe passage in automobiles for the rest of their lives.
Synonyms
ask God's favour for, ask God's protection for, give a benediction for, invoke happiness on
endow, favour, provide, grace, bestow, furnish, entrust, present
grant, vouchsafe, afford, accord, give, donate
confer on, lavish on
literary endue
1. 1.1 (especially in Christian church services) call (God) holy; praise (God).
  （尤指基督教礼拜时）颂扬（上帝）
  Example sentencesExamples
  No matter what looms ahead, if you can eat today, enjoy today, mix good cheer with friends today, enjoy it and bless God for it.
  Each gift must be blessed by you, hence the gods are blessed by us.
  My boyfriend totally accepts God's importance to me and would never prevent me from praying or going to church or doing anything else which blesses God.
  God doesn't exist to bless America; America exists to bless God.
  By blessing God and recalling all that he has done for us, we place technology in the purview of God's plan of salvation.
  The Talmud teaches us that in this world we must bless God for both good and evil, but the in Future World, we will realize that there is nothing but good.
  He blesses the almighty and thanks him for bringing Reuven and his father to his son Danny, for he knows that they have incredible souls.
  With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in the similitude likeness of God.
  Praise and bless my Lord, and give thanks, and serve him with great humility.
  A Jew should respond ‘Amen’ whenever someone blesses God, as long as this person is not reciting an improper blessing.
  And I bless God who crafts light and creates darkness, who will radiate a new light upon Zion, whose light pours off you to illuminate my room.
  Our Sages teach that as one experiences the phenomena of the new day, he should bless God for providing them.
  The food is there, on the table; we rejoice in its being there and bless God that it is.
  For I am possessed of a cat, surpassing in beauty, from whom I take occasion to bless Almighty God.
  We give thanks and bless God for the ever-surprising grace that blesses us with gifts.
  I heard that and I kept saying to myself, when is America going to bless God?
  I bless the God who gave him to me as my father and guide.
  It seems that it is enough to bless the Goddess or the God, or to bring wine and cakes to the Sabbat, or to give up some of one's time.
  They bore him and placed him in the third heaven in the company of angels blessing God for evermore.
  Even they can bless God for the natural delights of this life.
  Synonyms
  praise, worship, glorify, honour, exalt, adore, pay tribute to, pay homage to, give thanks to, venerate, reverence, hallow
  archaic magnify, laud
2. 1.2bless someone with (of God or some notional higher power) endow someone with (a particular cherished thing or attribute)
  （上帝或神力）使有幸得到，赋予
  we have been blessed with a beautiful baby boy
  上帝赐予我们一个漂亮的男婴。
  a beautiful city blessed with huge sandy beaches
  Example sentencesExamples
  I suspected that the local gods, having delivered a lackluster landscape, decided to make up for it by blessing the land with colorful rivers.
  The Lord blessed Tommy with many special attributes, among them a unique stubbornness, a special form of loving, confident arrogance, a quaint sense of humor and an unconditional love for all.
  As a lad I had a very high fitness level and it is obvious from looking at Stuart that he was blessed with the same attribute.
  The American command appears to be blessing this effort with a temporary pause in combat operations.
  The guy, looking around her age, lugged Tanya's suitcase down with minimal effort, and Tanya wondered why she wasn't blessed with powers like that.
  Jesus himself had blessed her with these powers to help Christina.
  The moment I said that, a million and one things that could have happened rushed into my mind, blessing my brain with an instant overload.
  It seems that Yuz Asaf blessed Afghanistan and Pakistan with his presence also.
  So Saha's lively pace, an attribute that the inconsistent Diego Forlán and Van Nistelrooy are not blessed with, would provide another dimension if United want to play the ball over the top.
  There are four days to go, and still many shows to see; still time for the Fringe grapevine to pick up on that undiscovered gem, spread the word and bless a doughty independent company with Fringe success.
  I didn't know then that you were blessed with such power.
  And Ford finally blesses its Jaguar brand with its first-ever diesel, now a must-have for premium-brand vehicles in diesel-ravenous Europe.
  Edwards vainly attempted a few explanations before bowing to the reality that running for president, even if you are blessed with natural political gifts, is never child's play.
  The Screening God is one of the most important Gods as he is blessed with the power to see who is worthy of becoming a god, an angel, or thrown back down to earth.
  After all, we are blessed with excellent natural attributes and could attract far more visitors to our fair city.
  His performance made me wonder whether, if Leonard Henry was blessed with Devon's vocal attributes and skill, he would have succeeded in convincing me he was a better actor/singer.
  But if you can take off the idea that there's a wrong way to do it, you might be blessed with all these incredible options.
  Unless you were blessed with the power of Hercules, it's quite obvious you can't turn the ring with your bare hands.
  For one thing, since blessing myself with an iPod in April, I don't use a Walkman any more.
  As a prince Dalen had been blessed with simple powers, powers Dalen used to do the Charmer's bidding.
  Synonyms
  consecrate, sanctify, hallow, dedicate (to God), make holy, make sacred, set apart, devote to God
  anoint, ordain, canonize, beatify
3. 1.3 Express or feel gratitude to; thank.
  感激；怀感激之心；感谢
  she silently blessed the premonition which had made her pack her best dress
  她暗自庆幸得到了神示的预感，让她把最好的衣服带在行装里。
  Example sentencesExamples
  I laughed and finally managed to pull my gaze away, silently blessing him for breaking the tension.
  And there were no doubt spring days when he remembered Minnesota winters, and blessed himself for heading home.
  He exited onto the bustling streets of the port city, and took a deep breath of the fresh, cool air, blessing his decision to go to Wanda with his troubles.
  We'll always thank and bless him for Doolittle and Surfer Rosa, but the new is pretty good.
  When you're at the point of blessing your software for making it easy to purge comments, it's time to get rid of comments entirely.
  Anyone who can help me with getting this machine will be blessed a thousand times and thanked profusely.
  He aimed it at Robert and smiled to himself, blessing his good fortune.
  He was startled to behold their beauty, and at once felt a rush of love for these creatures, blessing them as the only other living things in his damnable world.
  Remember: In blessing others, you bless yourself.
  Some 42 years later, Ralph Wilson blesses the day he decided to ante in with Lamar Hunt, the sports-loving geology major from Southern Methodist University with the dark glasses and big dreams.
  Cook writes that among her files were found dozens of letters from the wives and families of the wounded or dead men, thanking and blessing her and addressing her as Darling Mother.
  We Christians may expect to be blessed by people within every other religious family.
  She blessed the holy stink of bleach for cleaning linen and her hands, stripping them of blood and urine, the slow leaks of bodies giving up the ghost and flesh together.
  I arrived at the classroom in moments, blessing my running abilities.
  Synonyms
  give thanks for, express gratitude for, be grateful for
  thank, appreciate, celebrate
4. 1.4bless oneself Make the sign of the cross.
  〈古〉（在胸口）画十字
  the poor parson, blessing himself, brought up the rear
  Example sentencesExamples
  I exit the church, blessing myself again before I go, and exit through the back way.
  Six National Guardsmen walked up to it on Tuesday afternoon and two blessed themselves with the sign of the cross.
  As he pronounces the sacred words, he blesses himself and joins his hands.
  Wayne O'Donoghue blessed himself as the jury came out to return their verdict.
  He opened his address by telling the old tale about a certain man in Ballyhaunis - in the not too distant past - who, on hearing the Angelus bell tolling from the Friary Hill, blessed himself.
  She blessed herself with holy water before walking out of the church, and who did she see standing on the sidewalk?
  Religious expressions, talk of harlots and people blessing themselves also feature widely in what is the kind of cutesy vision of Ireland that might be presented to a tourist.
  To begin with, when you first come into church, bless yourself with holy water.
  ‘May God rest his soul,’ James said with quite a lump in his throat, and remembering his friend's former profession, he blessed himself and said a prayer for the pilot.
  When I was invited to dinner at their House dining hall last year, a young student couple blessed themselves and said grace before the meal at a table crowded with other students who were already eating and talking.
  It's fuelled by a Bart Simpson-meets-confession-box ethic that dictates if nobody saw you - and you blessed yourself while you were doing it - then it never really happened.
  After a moment she lifts her right hand to her forehead and blesses herself, hard.
  Everytime she left the house she blessed herself with holy water, even if only going to the well.
  ‘Jesus, Mary and Joseph,’ he mumbled, and knelt down and blessed himself.
  People are blessing themselves as they pass where the accident happened.
  Priss sighed with relief and blessed herself mockingly.
  I saw people touch the cross, then bless themselves before making comments like, ‘If the cross could only talk’, as it had overseen so much history in Killarney during the 20th century.
  Cullen often dwells on the innocence and clear-eyed religiousness of his youth - the holy water the family blessed themselves with before leaving home, attending Mass every morning.
  McClair was never a favourite of the fans, in part because he never threw himself into tackles or pandered to the crowd by kissing the jersey or blessing himself, which was, sadly, in vogue back then.
  When he saw the crucifix on the front of the Catholic Church, he automatically removed his hat and blessed himself.
5. 1.5 Used in expressions of surprise, endearment, gratitude, etc.
  用在表示惊奇、亲爱、感激等的用语中
  bless my soul, Alan, what are you doing?
  我的天哪！艾伦，你在干什么？
  Nurse Jones, bless her, had made a pot of tea
  琼斯护士沏了一壶茶，真该谢她！
  she even bought me a little present—bless!
  Example sentencesExamples
  Dave, bless his warped soul, writes an ode to Neil Diamond that must be read to be believed.
  Eve, bless her soul, was too childlike to see this.
  It's hard to squelch my butchness, but, bless my soul, I do try!
  I never dreamt my lifestyle would clash so greatly with the people I'm, bless my soul, trying to help out.
  Mike - bless him - even pronounces my final near-translucent fillet ‘perfect!’
  My grandfather in Uganda - bless his soul - believes the munching of fish to be a jejune activity.
  I've grown tired of the Red Monkey Gang - bless their souls - and their slothful ways.
  Later, your mother told me that Wendell, one of the fishermen, bless his soul, had broken loose, and jumped in to save you.
  After the customer paid, Zak said to him, ‘Thanks, and God bless you!’
  ‘God bless you!’ he repeated fervently, seeing Adriana.
  ‘Then God bless you!’ said Faith, with the pink ribbons, ‘and may you find all well when you come back.’
  Then he embraced each of them in turn, saying ‘Good-bye, old man; God bless you!’
  ‘Thank you, Solace,’ said Whitiel, ‘May Domin bless you!’
  Gigi, bless her soul, went behind my back and hooked up with some other dude.
  Of course, there are always a few kids who have never heard of Crossfire, bless their innocent little souls.
  After reading your article, ‘Robert Kerrey and the bloody legacy of Vietnam,’ I feel like shouting a hearty ‘God bless you!’
  For those innocents among you who don't know what this is (bless you!), it's a jar placed in a prominent position in the office and every time you swear you have to place money into it.
  ‘God bless you!’ she said, and she waved her flag as they pulled forward through the intersection.
  Donnan, bless his soul, was still in the most happy, patient of moods, nodded.
  ESPN, bless its Disney-controlled soul, replayed it about nineteen times a day.

Phrases

bless someone's heart

Used to express fondness or sympathy for someone.
the poor thing never stood a chance, bless her heart

bless you!

Said to a person who has just sneezed.
长命百岁！（对打喷嚏者说的话）
Example sentencesExamples
- When someone tells me ‘God Bless you’ when I sneeze, I feel a little more cared for.
- I was just wondering why people say ‘bless you’ when someone sneezes.

not have a penny to bless oneself with

dated Be completely impoverished.
〈旧〉一文不名
Example sentencesExamples
- After I got out of jail without a penny to bless myself with, as they say there, one of the girls took me under her wing, but the place she brought me turned out to be - surprise surprise - a whorehouse.
- Unfortunately, I don't have a penny to bless myself with right now... so I'm asking blighters to step up to the plate.
- His name was Joseph Jowett, and he had scarcely a penny to bless himself with.
- Back at teachers college, when I was just discovering the wonderful world of bows and arrows but barely had a penny to bless myself with, I managed to buy a cheap and nasty, and very old, Hoyt Spectra 3000 compound bow
- Dear Aunt Fan was generous and feckless, a large woman with a heart of gold, never a penny to bless herself with or a feather to fly with.

Origin

Old English blēdsian, blētsian, based on blōd 'blood' (i.e. originally perhaps 'mark or consecrate with blood'). The meaning was influenced by its being used to translate Latin benedicere 'to praise, worship', and later by association with bliss.

Old English blēdsian, blētsian are perhaps based on blōd ‘blood’, the likely original semantic core being ‘mark or consecrate with blood’. The history is difficult to trace because there is no equivalent in other Germanic languages. The meaning was influenced by the word's use to translate Latin benedīcere ‘to praise’, ‘to worship’, and Greek eulogein meaning essentially ‘speak well of’; these in turn translated Hebrew brk ‘to bend’, in this case ‘bend the knee (in praise)’. There is therefore a series of rich associations, pagan, Jewish, and Christian, mixed together in the English words bless and blessing; there is also a later association with bliss.

Rhymes

acquiesce, address, assess, Bess, bouillabaisse, caress, cess, chess, coalesce, compress, confess, convalesce, cress, deliquesce, digress, dress, duchesse, duress, effervesce, effloresce, evanesce, excess, express, fess, finesse, fluoresce, guess, Hesse, impress, incandesce, intumesce, jess, largesse, less, manageress, mess, ness, noblesse, obsess, oppress, outguess, phosphoresce, politesse, possess, press, priestess, princess, process, profess, progress, prophetess, regress, retrogress, stress, success, suppress, tendresse, top-dress, transgress, tress, tristesse, underdress, vicomtesse, yes

Definition of bless in US English:

bless

verbblɛsbles

[with object]

1Pronounce words in a religious rite, to confer or invoke divine favor upon; ask God to look favorably on.
（牧师）为…祈神赐福，为…祈神保佑
he blessed the dying man and anointed him
他为垂危男子祈神保佑，并为他涂抹圣油。
Example sentencesExamples
- He blesses the newlyweds and tells the fairies to go through Athens and bless all the couples in love.
- Jesus reverses roles, as God did with Abraham, becomes their host, and blesses the two disciples by his presence in word and action.
- The priest leads the service; he asks the couple if they wish to marry, blesses them, then declares them married.
- On this occasion the Khanijou family took the opportunity to have a family reunion and perform religious ceremonies to bless their clients and friends and of course wish for another year of prosperity.
- However, an ivory plaque of Christ blessing Otto II and Theophano shows how the match could dignify Saxon imperial pretensions.
- He touched lepers, forgave sinners, blessed the poor and consorted with tax collectors.
- The Elvenking is impressed with this and he blesses the hobbit.
- When Noach regains his senses, he curses Cham and Cham's son Canaan for their disrespectful behavior, and he blesses Shem and Yefet for their kind deed.
- He fought anti-Semitism, hated racism, blessed the mother of Amadou Diallo, an unarmed African shot dead by New York city police.
- Subsequently, family members blessed Mazal by satellite and received her blessings in return.
- During one visit, according to Gurudeva, Lord Ganesha Himself appeared and blessed him at this temple.
- On that day, children of those ages are taken to a Shinto shrine to be blessed.
- Later, this curse was reaffirmed when Isaac blessed Jacob, and once more when Balaam pronounced a prophetic blessing on Israel as a nation.
- Aside from a general call to bless someone, I tried to use magic to grant a few specific people safe passage in automobiles for the rest of their lives.
- The priest wraps a robe around the bride and groom, symbolizing their union, and blesses them before concluding the ceremony.
- Marco and Olive met as youngsters through their parents' friendship and, when they came of age, were blessed in marriage.
- She led them into battle where they achieved martyrdom and were blessed by Guru Gobind Singh.
- Against this barren background, James blesses those who endure temptation with the following famous words.
Synonyms
ask god's favour for, ask god's protection for, give a benediction for, invoke happiness on
endow, favour, provide, grace, bestow, furnish, entrust, present
1. 1.1 (especially in Christian church services) call (God) holy; praise (God).
  （尤指基督教礼拜时）颂扬（上帝）
  Example sentencesExamples
  The food is there, on the table; we rejoice in its being there and bless God that it is.
  By blessing God and recalling all that he has done for us, we place technology in the purview of God's plan of salvation.
  He blesses the almighty and thanks him for bringing Reuven and his father to his son Danny, for he knows that they have incredible souls.
  A Jew should respond ‘Amen’ whenever someone blesses God, as long as this person is not reciting an improper blessing.
  We give thanks and bless God for the ever-surprising grace that blesses us with gifts.
  Praise and bless my Lord, and give thanks, and serve him with great humility.
  It seems that it is enough to bless the Goddess or the God, or to bring wine and cakes to the Sabbat, or to give up some of one's time.
  And I bless God who crafts light and creates darkness, who will radiate a new light upon Zion, whose light pours off you to illuminate my room.
  Our Sages teach that as one experiences the phenomena of the new day, he should bless God for providing them.
  They bore him and placed him in the third heaven in the company of angels blessing God for evermore.
  Even they can bless God for the natural delights of this life.
  Each gift must be blessed by you, hence the gods are blessed by us.
  I bless the God who gave him to me as my father and guide.
  The Talmud teaches us that in this world we must bless God for both good and evil, but the in Future World, we will realize that there is nothing but good.
  For I am possessed of a cat, surpassing in beauty, from whom I take occasion to bless Almighty God.
  God doesn't exist to bless America; America exists to bless God.
  I heard that and I kept saying to myself, when is America going to bless God?
  No matter what looms ahead, if you can eat today, enjoy today, mix good cheer with friends today, enjoy it and bless God for it.
  My boyfriend totally accepts God's importance to me and would never prevent me from praying or going to church or doing anything else which blesses God.
  With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in the similitude likeness of God.
  Synonyms
  praise, worship, glorify, honour, exalt, adore, pay tribute to, pay homage to, give thanks to, venerate, reverence, hallow
2. 1.2bless someone with (of God or some notional higher power) endow (someone) with a particular cherished thing or attribute.
  （上帝或神力）使有幸得到，赋予
  God has blessed us with free will
  Example sentencesExamples
  So Saha's lively pace, an attribute that the inconsistent Diego Forlán and Van Nistelrooy are not blessed with, would provide another dimension if United want to play the ball over the top.
  His performance made me wonder whether, if Leonard Henry was blessed with Devon's vocal attributes and skill, he would have succeeded in convincing me he was a better actor/singer.
  The American command appears to be blessing this effort with a temporary pause in combat operations.
  As a lad I had a very high fitness level and it is obvious from looking at Stuart that he was blessed with the same attribute.
  After all, we are blessed with excellent natural attributes and could attract far more visitors to our fair city.
  And Ford finally blesses its Jaguar brand with its first-ever diesel, now a must-have for premium-brand vehicles in diesel-ravenous Europe.
  It seems that Yuz Asaf blessed Afghanistan and Pakistan with his presence also.
  Unless you were blessed with the power of Hercules, it's quite obvious you can't turn the ring with your bare hands.
  As a prince Dalen had been blessed with simple powers, powers Dalen used to do the Charmer's bidding.
  But if you can take off the idea that there's a wrong way to do it, you might be blessed with all these incredible options.
  The guy, looking around her age, lugged Tanya's suitcase down with minimal effort, and Tanya wondered why she wasn't blessed with powers like that.
  There are four days to go, and still many shows to see; still time for the Fringe grapevine to pick up on that undiscovered gem, spread the word and bless a doughty independent company with Fringe success.
  Jesus himself had blessed her with these powers to help Christina.
  I didn't know then that you were blessed with such power.
  Edwards vainly attempted a few explanations before bowing to the reality that running for president, even if you are blessed with natural political gifts, is never child's play.
  The moment I said that, a million and one things that could have happened rushed into my mind, blessing my brain with an instant overload.
  The Screening God is one of the most important Gods as he is blessed with the power to see who is worthy of becoming a god, an angel, or thrown back down to earth.
  I suspected that the local gods, having delivered a lackluster landscape, decided to make up for it by blessing the land with colorful rivers.
  The Lord blessed Tommy with many special attributes, among them a unique stubbornness, a special form of loving, confident arrogance, a quaint sense of humor and an unconditional love for all.
  For one thing, since blessing myself with an iPod in April, I don't use a Walkman any more.
  Synonyms
  consecrate, sanctify, hallow, dedicate, dedicate to god, make holy, make sacred, set apart, devote to god
3. 1.3 Express or feel gratitude to; thank.
  感激；怀感激之心；感谢
  she silently blessed the premonition which had made her pack her best dress
  她暗自庆幸得到了神示的预感，让她把最好的衣服带在行装里。
  Example sentencesExamples
  I laughed and finally managed to pull my gaze away, silently blessing him for breaking the tension.
  When you're at the point of blessing your software for making it easy to purge comments, it's time to get rid of comments entirely.
  He exited onto the bustling streets of the port city, and took a deep breath of the fresh, cool air, blessing his decision to go to Wanda with his troubles.
  Some 42 years later, Ralph Wilson blesses the day he decided to ante in with Lamar Hunt, the sports-loving geology major from Southern Methodist University with the dark glasses and big dreams.
  We'll always thank and bless him for Doolittle and Surfer Rosa, but the new is pretty good.
  He was startled to behold their beauty, and at once felt a rush of love for these creatures, blessing them as the only other living things in his damnable world.
  And there were no doubt spring days when he remembered Minnesota winters, and blessed himself for heading home.
  Remember: In blessing others, you bless yourself.
  Anyone who can help me with getting this machine will be blessed a thousand times and thanked profusely.
  She blessed the holy stink of bleach for cleaning linen and her hands, stripping them of blood and urine, the slow leaks of bodies giving up the ghost and flesh together.
  I arrived at the classroom in moments, blessing my running abilities.
  Cook writes that among her files were found dozens of letters from the wives and families of the wounded or dead men, thanking and blessing her and addressing her as Darling Mother.
  We Christians may expect to be blessed by people within every other religious family.
  He aimed it at Robert and smiled to himself, blessing his good fortune.
  Synonyms
  give thanks for, express gratitude for, be grateful for
4. 1.4bless oneself Make the Christian gesture of the sign of the cross.
  the poor parson, blessing himself, brought up the rear
  Example sentencesExamples
  I exit the church, blessing myself again before I go, and exit through the back way.
  Everytime she left the house she blessed herself with holy water, even if only going to the well.
  People are blessing themselves as they pass where the accident happened.
  He opened his address by telling the old tale about a certain man in Ballyhaunis - in the not too distant past - who, on hearing the Angelus bell tolling from the Friary Hill, blessed himself.
  As he pronounces the sacred words, he blesses himself and joins his hands.
  Priss sighed with relief and blessed herself mockingly.
  ‘May God rest his soul,’ James said with quite a lump in his throat, and remembering his friend's former profession, he blessed himself and said a prayer for the pilot.
  McClair was never a favourite of the fans, in part because he never threw himself into tackles or pandered to the crowd by kissing the jersey or blessing himself, which was, sadly, in vogue back then.
  She blessed herself with holy water before walking out of the church, and who did she see standing on the sidewalk?
  It's fuelled by a Bart Simpson-meets-confession-box ethic that dictates if nobody saw you - and you blessed yourself while you were doing it - then it never really happened.
  Cullen often dwells on the innocence and clear-eyed religiousness of his youth - the holy water the family blessed themselves with before leaving home, attending Mass every morning.
  Wayne O'Donoghue blessed himself as the jury came out to return their verdict.
  Religious expressions, talk of harlots and people blessing themselves also feature widely in what is the kind of cutesy vision of Ireland that might be presented to a tourist.
  Six National Guardsmen walked up to it on Tuesday afternoon and two blessed themselves with the sign of the cross.
  After a moment she lifts her right hand to her forehead and blesses herself, hard.
  To begin with, when you first come into church, bless yourself with holy water.
  I saw people touch the cross, then bless themselves before making comments like, ‘If the cross could only talk’, as it had overseen so much history in Killarney during the 20th century.
  When I was invited to dinner at their House dining hall last year, a young student couple blessed themselves and said grace before the meal at a table crowded with other students who were already eating and talking.
  ‘Jesus, Mary and Joseph,’ he mumbled, and knelt down and blessed himself.
  When he saw the crucifix on the front of the Catholic Church, he automatically removed his hat and blessed himself.
5. 1.5 Used in expressions of surprise, endearment, gratitude, etc.
  用在表示惊奇、亲爱、感激等的用语中
  bless my soul, Alan, what are you doing?
  我的天哪！艾伦，你在干什么？
  Example sentencesExamples
  My grandfather in Uganda - bless his soul - believes the munching of fish to be a jejune activity.
  Donnan, bless his soul, was still in the most happy, patient of moods, nodded.
  ‘Then God bless you!’ said Faith, with the pink ribbons, ‘and may you find all well when you come back.’
  I never dreamt my lifestyle would clash so greatly with the people I'm, bless my soul, trying to help out.
  Then he embraced each of them in turn, saying ‘Good-bye, old man; God bless you!’
  After the customer paid, Zak said to him, ‘Thanks, and God bless you!’
  ‘God bless you!’ she said, and she waved her flag as they pulled forward through the intersection.
  ESPN, bless its Disney-controlled soul, replayed it about nineteen times a day.
  Later, your mother told me that Wendell, one of the fishermen, bless his soul, had broken loose, and jumped in to save you.
  Of course, there are always a few kids who have never heard of Crossfire, bless their innocent little souls.
  It's hard to squelch my butchness, but, bless my soul, I do try!
  Dave, bless his warped soul, writes an ode to Neil Diamond that must be read to be believed.
  For those innocents among you who don't know what this is (bless you!), it's a jar placed in a prominent position in the office and every time you swear you have to place money into it.
  ‘Thank you, Solace,’ said Whitiel, ‘May Domin bless you!’
  Mike - bless him - even pronounces my final near-translucent fillet ‘perfect!’
  ‘God bless you!’ he repeated fervently, seeing Adriana.
  Eve, bless her soul, was too childlike to see this.
  I've grown tired of the Red Monkey Gang - bless their souls - and their slothful ways.
  Gigi, bless her soul, went behind my back and hooked up with some other dude.
  After reading your article, ‘Robert Kerrey and the bloody legacy of Vietnam,’ I feel like shouting a hearty ‘God bless you!’

Phrases

bless someone's heart

Used to express fondness or sympathy for someone.
the poor thing never stood a chance, bless her heart

bless you!

Said to a person who has just sneezed.
长命百岁！（对打喷嚏者说的话）
Example sentencesExamples
- I was just wondering why people say ‘bless you’ when someone sneezes.
- When someone tells me ‘God Bless you’ when I sneeze, I feel a little more cared for.

Origin

Old English blēdsian, blētsian, based on blōd ‘blood’ (i.e. originally perhaps ‘mark or consecrate with blood’). The meaning was influenced by its being used to translate Latin benedicere ‘to praise, worship’, and later by association with bliss.

单词	bless
释义	Definition of bless in English: bless verb blɛsblɛs [with object] 1Pronounce words in a religious rite in order to confer or invoke divine favour upon; ask God to look favourably on. （牧师）为…祈神赐福，为…祈神保佑 he blessed the dying man and anointed him 他为垂危男子祈神保佑，并为他涂抹圣油。 Example sentencesExamples When Noach regains his senses, he curses Cham and Cham's son Canaan for their disrespectful behavior, and he blesses Shem and Yefet for their kind deed. The Elvenking is impressed with this and he blesses the hobbit. He touched lepers, forgave sinners, blessed the poor and consorted with tax collectors. She led them into battle where they achieved martyrdom and were blessed by Guru Gobind Singh. During one visit, according to Gurudeva, Lord Ganesha Himself appeared and blessed him at this temple. On that day, children of those ages are taken to a Shinto shrine to be blessed. The priest leads the service; he asks the couple if they wish to marry, blesses them, then declares them married. He blesses the newlyweds and tells the fairies to go through Athens and bless all the couples in love. Marco and Olive met as youngsters through their parents' friendship and, when they came of age, were blessed in marriage. On this occasion the Khanijou family took the opportunity to have a family reunion and perform religious ceremonies to bless their clients and friends and of course wish for another year of prosperity. The priest wraps a robe around the bride and groom, symbolizing their union, and blesses them before concluding the ceremony. Jesus reverses roles, as God did with Abraham, becomes their host, and blesses the two disciples by his presence in word and action. Later, this curse was reaffirmed when Isaac blessed Jacob, and once more when Balaam pronounced a prophetic blessing on Israel as a nation. Against this barren background, James blesses those who endure temptation with the following famous words. Subsequently, family members blessed Mazal by satellite and received her blessings in return. He fought anti-Semitism, hated racism, blessed the mother of Amadou Diallo, an unarmed African shot dead by New York city police. However, an ivory plaque of Christ blessing Otto II and Theophano shows how the match could dignify Saxon imperial pretensions. Aside from a general call to bless someone, I tried to use magic to grant a few specific people safe passage in automobiles for the rest of their lives. Synonyms ask God's favour for, ask God's protection for, give a benediction for, invoke happiness on endow, favour, provide, grace, bestow, furnish, entrust, present grant, vouchsafe, afford, accord, give, donate confer on, lavish on literary endue 1.1 (especially in Christian church services) call (God) holy; praise (God). （尤指基督教礼拜时）颂扬（上帝） Example sentencesExamples No matter what looms ahead, if you can eat today, enjoy today, mix good cheer with friends today, enjoy it and bless God for it. Each gift must be blessed by you, hence the gods are blessed by us. My boyfriend totally accepts God's importance to me and would never prevent me from praying or going to church or doing anything else which blesses God. God doesn't exist to bless America; America exists to bless God. By blessing God and recalling all that he has done for us, we place technology in the purview of God's plan of salvation. The Talmud teaches us that in this world we must bless God for both good and evil, but the in Future World, we will realize that there is nothing but good. He blesses the almighty and thanks him for bringing Reuven and his father to his son Danny, for he knows that they have incredible souls. With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in the similitude likeness of God. Praise and bless my Lord, and give thanks, and serve him with great humility. A Jew should respond ‘Amen’ whenever someone blesses God, as long as this person is not reciting an improper blessing. And I bless God who crafts light and creates darkness, who will radiate a new light upon Zion, whose light pours off you to illuminate my room. Our Sages teach that as one experiences the phenomena of the new day, he should bless God for providing them. The food is there, on the table; we rejoice in its being there and bless God that it is. For I am possessed of a cat, surpassing in beauty, from whom I take occasion to bless Almighty God. We give thanks and bless God for the ever-surprising grace that blesses us with gifts. I heard that and I kept saying to myself, when is America going to bless God? I bless the God who gave him to me as my father and guide. It seems that it is enough to bless the Goddess or the God, or to bring wine and cakes to the Sabbat, or to give up some of one's time. They bore him and placed him in the third heaven in the company of angels blessing God for evermore. Even they can bless God for the natural delights of this life. Synonyms praise, worship, glorify, honour, exalt, adore, pay tribute to, pay homage to, give thanks to, venerate, reverence, hallow archaic magnify, laud 1.2bless someone with (of God or some notional higher power) endow someone with (a particular cherished thing or attribute) （上帝或神力）使有幸得到，赋予 we have been blessed with a beautiful baby boy 上帝赐予我们一个漂亮的男婴。 a beautiful city blessed with huge sandy beaches Example sentencesExamples I suspected that the local gods, having delivered a lackluster landscape, decided to make up for it by blessing the land with colorful rivers. The Lord blessed Tommy with many special attributes, among them a unique stubbornness, a special form of loving, confident arrogance, a quaint sense of humor and an unconditional love for all. As a lad I had a very high fitness level and it is obvious from looking at Stuart that he was blessed with the same attribute. The American command appears to be blessing this effort with a temporary pause in combat operations. The guy, looking around her age, lugged Tanya's suitcase down with minimal effort, and Tanya wondered why she wasn't blessed with powers like that. Jesus himself had blessed her with these powers to help Christina. The moment I said that, a million and one things that could have happened rushed into my mind, blessing my brain with an instant overload. It seems that Yuz Asaf blessed Afghanistan and Pakistan with his presence also. So Saha's lively pace, an attribute that the inconsistent Diego Forlán and Van Nistelrooy are not blessed with, would provide another dimension if United want to play the ball over the top. There are four days to go, and still many shows to see; still time for the Fringe grapevine to pick up on that undiscovered gem, spread the word and bless a doughty independent company with Fringe success. I didn't know then that you were blessed with such power. And Ford finally blesses its Jaguar brand with its first-ever diesel, now a must-have for premium-brand vehicles in diesel-ravenous Europe. Edwards vainly attempted a few explanations before bowing to the reality that running for president, even if you are blessed with natural political gifts, is never child's play. The Screening God is one of the most important Gods as he is blessed with the power to see who is worthy of becoming a god, an angel, or thrown back down to earth. After all, we are blessed with excellent natural attributes and could attract far more visitors to our fair city. His performance made me wonder whether, if Leonard Henry was blessed with Devon's vocal attributes and skill, he would have succeeded in convincing me he was a better actor/singer. But if you can take off the idea that there's a wrong way to do it, you might be blessed with all these incredible options. Unless you were blessed with the power of Hercules, it's quite obvious you can't turn the ring with your bare hands. For one thing, since blessing myself with an iPod in April, I don't use a Walkman any more. As a prince Dalen had been blessed with simple powers, powers Dalen used to do the Charmer's bidding. Synonyms consecrate, sanctify, hallow, dedicate (to God), make holy, make sacred, set apart, devote to God anoint, ordain, canonize, beatify 1.3 Express or feel gratitude to; thank. 感激；怀感激之心；感谢 she silently blessed the premonition which had made her pack her best dress 她暗自庆幸得到了神示的预感，让她把最好的衣服带在行装里。 Example sentencesExamples I laughed and finally managed to pull my gaze away, silently blessing him for breaking the tension. And there were no doubt spring days when he remembered Minnesota winters, and blessed himself for heading home. He exited onto the bustling streets of the port city, and took a deep breath of the fresh, cool air, blessing his decision to go to Wanda with his troubles. We'll always thank and bless him for Doolittle and Surfer Rosa, but the new is pretty good. When you're at the point of blessing your software for making it easy to purge comments, it's time to get rid of comments entirely. Anyone who can help me with getting this machine will be blessed a thousand times and thanked profusely. He aimed it at Robert and smiled to himself, blessing his good fortune. He was startled to behold their beauty, and at once felt a rush of love for these creatures, blessing them as the only other living things in his damnable world. Remember: In blessing others, you bless yourself. Some 42 years later, Ralph Wilson blesses the day he decided to ante in with Lamar Hunt, the sports-loving geology major from Southern Methodist University with the dark glasses and big dreams. Cook writes that among her files were found dozens of letters from the wives and families of the wounded or dead men, thanking and blessing her and addressing her as Darling Mother. We Christians may expect to be blessed by people within every other religious family. She blessed the holy stink of bleach for cleaning linen and her hands, stripping them of blood and urine, the slow leaks of bodies giving up the ghost and flesh together. I arrived at the classroom in moments, blessing my running abilities. Synonyms give thanks for, express gratitude for, be grateful for thank, appreciate, celebrate 1.4bless oneself Make the sign of the cross. 〈古〉（在胸口）画十字 the poor parson, blessing himself, brought up the rear Example sentencesExamples I exit the church, blessing myself again before I go, and exit through the back way. Six National Guardsmen walked up to it on Tuesday afternoon and two blessed themselves with the sign of the cross. As he pronounces the sacred words, he blesses himself and joins his hands. Wayne O'Donoghue blessed himself as the jury came out to return their verdict. He opened his address by telling the old tale about a certain man in Ballyhaunis - in the not too distant past - who, on hearing the Angelus bell tolling from the Friary Hill, blessed himself. She blessed herself with holy water before walking out of the church, and who did she see standing on the sidewalk? Religious expressions, talk of harlots and people blessing themselves also feature widely in what is the kind of cutesy vision of Ireland that might be presented to a tourist. To begin with, when you first come into church, bless yourself with holy water. ‘May God rest his soul,’ James said with quite a lump in his throat, and remembering his friend's former profession, he blessed himself and said a prayer for the pilot. When I was invited to dinner at their House dining hall last year, a young student couple blessed themselves and said grace before the meal at a table crowded with other students who were already eating and talking. It's fuelled by a Bart Simpson-meets-confession-box ethic that dictates if nobody saw you - and you blessed yourself while you were doing it - then it never really happened. After a moment she lifts her right hand to her forehead and blesses herself, hard. Everytime she left the house she blessed herself with holy water, even if only going to the well. ‘Jesus, Mary and Joseph,’ he mumbled, and knelt down and blessed himself. People are blessing themselves as they pass where the accident happened. Priss sighed with relief and blessed herself mockingly. I saw people touch the cross, then bless themselves before making comments like, ‘If the cross could only talk’, as it had overseen so much history in Killarney during the 20th century. Cullen often dwells on the innocence and clear-eyed religiousness of his youth - the holy water the family blessed themselves with before leaving home, attending Mass every morning. McClair was never a favourite of the fans, in part because he never threw himself into tackles or pandered to the crowd by kissing the jersey or blessing himself, which was, sadly, in vogue back then. When he saw the crucifix on the front of the Catholic Church, he automatically removed his hat and blessed himself. 1.5 Used in expressions of surprise, endearment, gratitude, etc. 用在表示惊奇、亲爱、感激等的用语中 bless my soul, Alan, what are you doing? 我的天哪！艾伦，你在干什么？ Nurse Jones, bless her, had made a pot of tea 琼斯护士沏了一壶茶，真该谢她！ she even bought me a little present—bless! Example sentencesExamples Dave, bless his warped soul, writes an ode to Neil Diamond that must be read to be believed. Eve, bless her soul, was too childlike to see this. It's hard to squelch my butchness, but, bless my soul, I do try! I never dreamt my lifestyle would clash so greatly with the people I'm, bless my soul, trying to help out. Mike - bless him - even pronounces my final near-translucent fillet ‘perfect!’ My grandfather in Uganda - bless his soul - believes the munching of fish to be a jejune activity. I've grown tired of the Red Monkey Gang - bless their souls - and their slothful ways. Later, your mother told me that Wendell, one of the fishermen, bless his soul, had broken loose, and jumped in to save you. After the customer paid, Zak said to him, ‘Thanks, and God bless you!’ ‘God bless you!’ he repeated fervently, seeing Adriana. ‘Then God bless you!’ said Faith, with the pink ribbons, ‘and may you find all well when you come back.’ Then he embraced each of them in turn, saying ‘Good-bye, old man; God bless you!’ ‘Thank you, Solace,’ said Whitiel, ‘May Domin bless you!’ Gigi, bless her soul, went behind my back and hooked up with some other dude. Of course, there are always a few kids who have never heard of Crossfire, bless their innocent little souls. After reading your article, ‘Robert Kerrey and the bloody legacy of Vietnam,’ I feel like shouting a hearty ‘God bless you!’ For those innocents among you who don't know what this is (bless you!), it's a jar placed in a prominent position in the office and every time you swear you have to place money into it. ‘God bless you!’ she said, and she waved her flag as they pulled forward through the intersection. Donnan, bless his soul, was still in the most happy, patient of moods, nodded. ESPN, bless its Disney-controlled soul, replayed it about nineteen times a day. Phrases bless someone's heart Used to express fondness or sympathy for someone. the poor thing never stood a chance, bless her heart bless you! Said to a person who has just sneezed. 长命百岁！（对打喷嚏者说的话） Example sentencesExamples When someone tells me ‘God Bless you’ when I sneeze, I feel a little more cared for. I was just wondering why people say ‘bless you’ when someone sneezes. not have a penny to bless oneself with dated Be completely impoverished. 〈旧〉一文不名 Example sentencesExamples After I got out of jail without a penny to bless myself with, as they say there, one of the girls took me under her wing, but the place she brought me turned out to be - surprise surprise - a whorehouse. Unfortunately, I don't have a penny to bless myself with right now... so I'm asking blighters to step up to the plate. His name was Joseph Jowett, and he had scarcely a penny to bless himself with. Back at teachers college, when I was just discovering the wonderful world of bows and arrows but barely had a penny to bless myself with, I managed to buy a cheap and nasty, and very old, Hoyt Spectra 3000 compound bow Dear Aunt Fan was generous and feckless, a large woman with a heart of gold, never a penny to bless herself with or a feather to fly with. Origin Old English blēdsian, blētsian, based on blōd 'blood' (i.e. originally perhaps 'mark or consecrate with blood'). The meaning was influenced by its being used to translate Latin benedicere 'to praise, worship', and later by association with bliss. Old English blēdsian, blētsian are perhaps based on blōd ‘blood’, the likely original semantic core being ‘mark or consecrate with blood’. The history is difficult to trace because there is no equivalent in other Germanic languages. The meaning was influenced by the word's use to translate Latin benedīcere ‘to praise’, ‘to worship’, and Greek eulogein meaning essentially ‘speak well of’; these in turn translated Hebrew brk ‘to bend’, in this case ‘bend the knee (in praise)’. There is therefore a series of rich associations, pagan, Jewish, and Christian, mixed together in the English words bless and blessing; there is also a later association with bliss. Rhymes acquiesce, address, assess, Bess, bouillabaisse, caress, cess, chess, coalesce, compress, confess, convalesce, cress, deliquesce, digress, dress, duchesse, duress, effervesce, effloresce, evanesce, excess, express, fess, finesse, fluoresce, guess, Hesse, impress, incandesce, intumesce, jess, largesse, less, manageress, mess, ness, noblesse, obsess, oppress, outguess, phosphoresce, politesse, possess, press, priestess, princess, process, profess, progress, prophetess, regress, retrogress, stress, success, suppress, tendresse, top-dress, transgress, tress, tristesse, underdress, vicomtesse, yes verb.1 phr. Definition of bless in US English: bless verbblɛsbles [with object] 1Pronounce words in a religious rite, to confer or invoke divine favor upon; ask God to look favorably on. （牧师）为…祈神赐福，为…祈神保佑 he blessed the dying man and anointed him 他为垂危男子祈神保佑，并为他涂抹圣油。 Example sentencesExamples He blesses the newlyweds and tells the fairies to go through Athens and bless all the couples in love. Jesus reverses roles, as God did with Abraham, becomes their host, and blesses the two disciples by his presence in word and action. The priest leads the service; he asks the couple if they wish to marry, blesses them, then declares them married. On this occasion the Khanijou family took the opportunity to have a family reunion and perform religious ceremonies to bless their clients and friends and of course wish for another year of prosperity. However, an ivory plaque of Christ blessing Otto II and Theophano shows how the match could dignify Saxon imperial pretensions. He touched lepers, forgave sinners, blessed the poor and consorted with tax collectors. The Elvenking is impressed with this and he blesses the hobbit. When Noach regains his senses, he curses Cham and Cham's son Canaan for their disrespectful behavior, and he blesses Shem and Yefet for their kind deed. He fought anti-Semitism, hated racism, blessed the mother of Amadou Diallo, an unarmed African shot dead by New York city police. Subsequently, family members blessed Mazal by satellite and received her blessings in return. During one visit, according to Gurudeva, Lord Ganesha Himself appeared and blessed him at this temple. On that day, children of those ages are taken to a Shinto shrine to be blessed. Later, this curse was reaffirmed when Isaac blessed Jacob, and once more when Balaam pronounced a prophetic blessing on Israel as a nation. Aside from a general call to bless someone, I tried to use magic to grant a few specific people safe passage in automobiles for the rest of their lives. The priest wraps a robe around the bride and groom, symbolizing their union, and blesses them before concluding the ceremony. Marco and Olive met as youngsters through their parents' friendship and, when they came of age, were blessed in marriage. She led them into battle where they achieved martyrdom and were blessed by Guru Gobind Singh. Against this barren background, James blesses those who endure temptation with the following famous words. Synonyms ask god's favour for, ask god's protection for, give a benediction for, invoke happiness on endow, favour, provide, grace, bestow, furnish, entrust, present 1.1 (especially in Christian church services) call (God) holy; praise (God). （尤指基督教礼拜时）颂扬（上帝） Example sentencesExamples The food is there, on the table; we rejoice in its being there and bless God that it is. By blessing God and recalling all that he has done for us, we place technology in the purview of God's plan of salvation. He blesses the almighty and thanks him for bringing Reuven and his father to his son Danny, for he knows that they have incredible souls. A Jew should respond ‘Amen’ whenever someone blesses God, as long as this person is not reciting an improper blessing. We give thanks and bless God for the ever-surprising grace that blesses us with gifts. Praise and bless my Lord, and give thanks, and serve him with great humility. It seems that it is enough to bless the Goddess or the God, or to bring wine and cakes to the Sabbat, or to give up some of one's time. And I bless God who crafts light and creates darkness, who will radiate a new light upon Zion, whose light pours off you to illuminate my room. Our Sages teach that as one experiences the phenomena of the new day, he should bless God for providing them. They bore him and placed him in the third heaven in the company of angels blessing God for evermore. Even they can bless God for the natural delights of this life. Each gift must be blessed by you, hence the gods are blessed by us. I bless the God who gave him to me as my father and guide. The Talmud teaches us that in this world we must bless God for both good and evil, but the in Future World, we will realize that there is nothing but good. For I am possessed of a cat, surpassing in beauty, from whom I take occasion to bless Almighty God. God doesn't exist to bless America; America exists to bless God. I heard that and I kept saying to myself, when is America going to bless God? No matter what looms ahead, if you can eat today, enjoy today, mix good cheer with friends today, enjoy it and bless God for it. My boyfriend totally accepts God's importance to me and would never prevent me from praying or going to church or doing anything else which blesses God. With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in the similitude likeness of God. Synonyms praise, worship, glorify, honour, exalt, adore, pay tribute to, pay homage to, give thanks to, venerate, reverence, hallow 1.2bless someone with (of God or some notional higher power) endow (someone) with a particular cherished thing or attribute. （上帝或神力）使有幸得到，赋予 God has blessed us with free will Example sentencesExamples So Saha's lively pace, an attribute that the inconsistent Diego Forlán and Van Nistelrooy are not blessed with, would provide another dimension if United want to play the ball over the top. His performance made me wonder whether, if Leonard Henry was blessed with Devon's vocal attributes and skill, he would have succeeded in convincing me he was a better actor/singer. The American command appears to be blessing this effort with a temporary pause in combat operations. As a lad I had a very high fitness level and it is obvious from looking at Stuart that he was blessed with the same attribute. After all, we are blessed with excellent natural attributes and could attract far more visitors to our fair city. And Ford finally blesses its Jaguar brand with its first-ever diesel, now a must-have for premium-brand vehicles in diesel-ravenous Europe. It seems that Yuz Asaf blessed Afghanistan and Pakistan with his presence also. Unless you were blessed with the power of Hercules, it's quite obvious you can't turn the ring with your bare hands. As a prince Dalen had been blessed with simple powers, powers Dalen used to do the Charmer's bidding. But if you can take off the idea that there's a wrong way to do it, you might be blessed with all these incredible options. The guy, looking around her age, lugged Tanya's suitcase down with minimal effort, and Tanya wondered why she wasn't blessed with powers like that. There are four days to go, and still many shows to see; still time for the Fringe grapevine to pick up on that undiscovered gem, spread the word and bless a doughty independent company with Fringe success. Jesus himself had blessed her with these powers to help Christina. I didn't know then that you were blessed with such power. Edwards vainly attempted a few explanations before bowing to the reality that running for president, even if you are blessed with natural political gifts, is never child's play. The moment I said that, a million and one things that could have happened rushed into my mind, blessing my brain with an instant overload. The Screening God is one of the most important Gods as he is blessed with the power to see who is worthy of becoming a god, an angel, or thrown back down to earth. I suspected that the local gods, having delivered a lackluster landscape, decided to make up for it by blessing the land with colorful rivers. The Lord blessed Tommy with many special attributes, among them a unique stubbornness, a special form of loving, confident arrogance, a quaint sense of humor and an unconditional love for all. For one thing, since blessing myself with an iPod in April, I don't use a Walkman any more. Synonyms consecrate, sanctify, hallow, dedicate, dedicate to god, make holy, make sacred, set apart, devote to god 1.3 Express or feel gratitude to; thank. 感激；怀感激之心；感谢 she silently blessed the premonition which had made her pack her best dress 她暗自庆幸得到了神示的预感，让她把最好的衣服带在行装里。 Example sentencesExamples I laughed and finally managed to pull my gaze away, silently blessing him for breaking the tension. When you're at the point of blessing your software for making it easy to purge comments, it's time to get rid of comments entirely. He exited onto the bustling streets of the port city, and took a deep breath of the fresh, cool air, blessing his decision to go to Wanda with his troubles. Some 42 years later, Ralph Wilson blesses the day he decided to ante in with Lamar Hunt, the sports-loving geology major from Southern Methodist University with the dark glasses and big dreams. We'll always thank and bless him for Doolittle and Surfer Rosa, but the new is pretty good. He was startled to behold their beauty, and at once felt a rush of love for these creatures, blessing them as the only other living things in his damnable world. And there were no doubt spring days when he remembered Minnesota winters, and blessed himself for heading home. Remember: In blessing others, you bless yourself. Anyone who can help me with getting this machine will be blessed a thousand times and thanked profusely. She blessed the holy stink of bleach for cleaning linen and her hands, stripping them of blood and urine, the slow leaks of bodies giving up the ghost and flesh together. I arrived at the classroom in moments, blessing my running abilities. Cook writes that among her files were found dozens of letters from the wives and families of the wounded or dead men, thanking and blessing her and addressing her as Darling Mother. We Christians may expect to be blessed by people within every other religious family. He aimed it at Robert and smiled to himself, blessing his good fortune. Synonyms give thanks for, express gratitude for, be grateful for 1.4bless oneself Make the Christian gesture of the sign of the cross. the poor parson, blessing himself, brought up the rear Example sentencesExamples I exit the church, blessing myself again before I go, and exit through the back way. Everytime she left the house she blessed herself with holy water, even if only going to the well. People are blessing themselves as they pass where the accident happened. He opened his address by telling the old tale about a certain man in Ballyhaunis - in the not too distant past - who, on hearing the Angelus bell tolling from the Friary Hill, blessed himself. As he pronounces the sacred words, he blesses himself and joins his hands. Priss sighed with relief and blessed herself mockingly. ‘May God rest his soul,’ James said with quite a lump in his throat, and remembering his friend's former profession, he blessed himself and said a prayer for the pilot. McClair was never a favourite of the fans, in part because he never threw himself into tackles or pandered to the crowd by kissing the jersey or blessing himself, which was, sadly, in vogue back then. She blessed herself with holy water before walking out of the church, and who did she see standing on the sidewalk? It's fuelled by a Bart Simpson-meets-confession-box ethic that dictates if nobody saw you - and you blessed yourself while you were doing it - then it never really happened. Cullen often dwells on the innocence and clear-eyed religiousness of his youth - the holy water the family blessed themselves with before leaving home, attending Mass every morning. Wayne O'Donoghue blessed himself as the jury came out to return their verdict. Religious expressions, talk of harlots and people blessing themselves also feature widely in what is the kind of cutesy vision of Ireland that might be presented to a tourist. Six National Guardsmen walked up to it on Tuesday afternoon and two blessed themselves with the sign of the cross. After a moment she lifts her right hand to her forehead and blesses herself, hard. To begin with, when you first come into church, bless yourself with holy water. I saw people touch the cross, then bless themselves before making comments like, ‘If the cross could only talk’, as it had overseen so much history in Killarney during the 20th century. When I was invited to dinner at their House dining hall last year, a young student couple blessed themselves and said grace before the meal at a table crowded with other students who were already eating and talking. ‘Jesus, Mary and Joseph,’ he mumbled, and knelt down and blessed himself. When he saw the crucifix on the front of the Catholic Church, he automatically removed his hat and blessed himself. 1.5 Used in expressions of surprise, endearment, gratitude, etc. 用在表示惊奇、亲爱、感激等的用语中 bless my soul, Alan, what are you doing? 我的天哪！艾伦，你在干什么？ Example sentencesExamples My grandfather in Uganda - bless his soul - believes the munching of fish to be a jejune activity. Donnan, bless his soul, was still in the most happy, patient of moods, nodded. ‘Then God bless you!’ said Faith, with the pink ribbons, ‘and may you find all well when you come back.’ I never dreamt my lifestyle would clash so greatly with the people I'm, bless my soul, trying to help out. Then he embraced each of them in turn, saying ‘Good-bye, old man; God bless you!’ After the customer paid, Zak said to him, ‘Thanks, and God bless you!’ ‘God bless you!’ she said, and she waved her flag as they pulled forward through the intersection. ESPN, bless its Disney-controlled soul, replayed it about nineteen times a day. Later, your mother told me that Wendell, one of the fishermen, bless his soul, had broken loose, and jumped in to save you. Of course, there are always a few kids who have never heard of Crossfire, bless their innocent little souls. It's hard to squelch my butchness, but, bless my soul, I do try! Dave, bless his warped soul, writes an ode to Neil Diamond that must be read to be believed. For those innocents among you who don't know what this is (bless you!), it's a jar placed in a prominent position in the office and every time you swear you have to place money into it. ‘Thank you, Solace,’ said Whitiel, ‘May Domin bless you!’ Mike - bless him - even pronounces my final near-translucent fillet ‘perfect!’ ‘God bless you!’ he repeated fervently, seeing Adriana. Eve, bless her soul, was too childlike to see this. I've grown tired of the Red Monkey Gang - bless their souls - and their slothful ways. Gigi, bless her soul, went behind my back and hooked up with some other dude. After reading your article, ‘Robert Kerrey and the bloody legacy of Vietnam,’ I feel like shouting a hearty ‘God bless you!’ Phrases bless someone's heart Used to express fondness or sympathy for someone. the poor thing never stood a chance, bless her heart bless you! Said to a person who has just sneezed. 长命百岁！（对打喷嚏者说的话） Example sentencesExamples I was just wondering why people say ‘bless you’ when someone sneezes. When someone tells me ‘God Bless you’ when I sneeze, I feel a little more cared for. Origin Old English blēdsian, blētsian, based on blōd ‘blood’ (i.e. originally perhaps ‘mark or consecrate with blood’). The meaning was influenced by its being used to translate Latin benedicere ‘to praise, worship’, and later by association with bliss. verb.1 phr.
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