miracle
/ˈmɪrəkl/noun
1- a surprising and welcome event that is not explicable by natural or scientific laws and is therefore considered to be the work of a divine agency奇迹, 神奇妙事:
the miracle of rising from the grave.
在墓穴中复活的奇事。
1.1
- a highly improbable or extraordinary event, development, or accomplishment that brings very welcome consequences奇迹, 人间奇迹:
it was a miracle that more people hadn't been killed or injured
更多的人未遇难或受伤是一个奇迹
as modifier a miracle drug.神药。
1.2
- an amazing product or achievement, or an outstanding example of something令人惊叹的产品(或成果); 惊人事例:
a machine which was a miracle of design.
堪称设计奇迹的机器。
词源
Middle English: via Old French from Latin miraculum 'object of wonder', from mirari 'to wonder', from mirus 'wonderful'.