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

• Although this is a providential and perhaps inevitable development, it does not mean that all individuals actually pursue a career doing what they love for a living.
  尽管这是不以人们的意志而转移的，或许是必然的进步，但是这并不意味着每个人实际上都可以选择一个他们所喜爱的职业并以此谋生。
• I believe in the natural course of life-if he is truly the providential destiny for me, he is waiting for me somewhere ahead.
  我相信生命的自然旅程，如果他真的是我前世注定的缘分，就一定会在前方等着我。
• 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。
• 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！
• 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！
• The chair into which he allowed himself to fall was placed in front of that mirror, so fatal for him, so providential for Marius, in which he had read Cosette's reversed writing on the blotting book.
  他倒在镜子前面的一把椅子上，这镜子对他是种不幸，但对马吕斯却是一种天赐，在镜中他见到了珂赛特吸墨纸上的反面字迹。
• By then, however, Chiang had come to think that the loss of the mainland might have been "providential".
  然而，当时蒋先生逐渐把丢失大陆看作一种“幸运”。
• 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。
• Individuals of wiser faith, indeed, who knew that Heaven promotes its purposes without aiming at the stage-effect of what is called miraculous interposition, were inclined to see a providential hand in Roger Chillingworth's so opportune arrival.
  而一些具有更加聪慧的信仰的人明知，上天为实现其目的，不必求助于所谓奇迹的插曲来达到舞台效果，但也乐于看到罗杰齐灵握斯是假上天之手才及时到来的。
• This was providential rest and shelter until the moon rose.
  在月亮上来之前，这是一个幸运的休憩与隐蔽之所。