miracle學測 L3KK [ˈmɪrəkəl] | /ˈmɪrəkəl/
奇蹟;神蹟·奇事;驚人之事
學測愛考字,奇蹟不只用於宗教語境
Everyone thought the team would lose, until a last-second goal made it feel like a miracle.
大家都以為球隊會輸,直到最後一秒的進球讓人覺得像奇蹟一樣。
一個畫面:從谷底彈起
跌到谷底情況壞到不能再壞
忽然反彈毫無預警地變好轉
難以置信連旁人都覺得不可能
義項
重傷生還C1noun奇蹟;神蹟
Doctors could not explain why the sick boy suddenly got better, and his family called it a miracle.
醫生說不出原因,生病的男孩突然好轉了,他的家人稱之為奇蹟。
considered a miraclenothing short of a miracle
驚人壯舉C1noun奇事;驚人之事
It was a miracle that the old man finished the race at eighty years old.
這位老先生八十歲還跑完全程,真是奇事一件。
it was a miracle that
片語
nothing short of a miracle簡直奇蹟 →簡直就是奇蹟
it was a miracle that難以置信 →很不可思議的是
considered a miracle視為奇蹟 →被當作是奇蹟
make it out alive逃出生天 →從危險中生還
你會不會這樣說?
'It was a miracle that the old man finished the race at eighty years old.' 這句最符合哪個意思?(A) 神蹟 (B) 令人驚訝的事
看答案
(B)
此句形容不可思議的人類成就,不涉及宗教,對應「奇事」義項。
miracle 一定與宗教有關。(對/錯)
看答案
錯
miracle 也可指單純令人驚訝的成就或事件,不一定跟宗教有關。
字族
miraculous 奇蹟般的;不可思議的