The priest blessed the ship before it left port. 牧师在船离港之前为其祝福。
Blessed are the humble. 谦虚的人有福了。
Blessed is he that expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed. 【谚】无奢望者有福,因其永不失望。
blessed
[ adj ]
highly favored or fortunate (as e.g. by divine grace)
<adj.all> our blessed land the blessed assurance of a steady income
worthy of worship
<adj.all> the Blessed Trinity
expletives used informally as intensifiers
<adj.all> he's a blasted idiot it's a blamed shame a blame cold winter not a blessed dime I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such thing he's a damn (or goddam or goddamned) fool a deuced idiot an infernal nuisance
Roman Catholic; proclaimed one of the blessed and thus worthy of veneration
<adj.all>
enjoying the bliss of heaven
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characterized by happiness and good fortune
<adj.all> a blessed time
Bless \Bless\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blessed}or {Blest}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Blessing}.] [OE. blessien, bletsen, AS. bletsian, bledsian, bloedsian, fr. bl?d blood; prob. originally to consecrate by sprinkling with blood. See {Blood}.] 1. To make or pronounce holy; to consecrate
And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it. --Gen. ii. 3.
2. To make happy, blithesome, or joyous; to confer prosperity or happiness upon; to grant divine favor to.
The quality of mercy is . . . twice blest; It blesseth him that gives and him that takes. --Shak.
It hath pleased thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue forever before thee. --1 Chron. xvii. 27 (R. V. )
3. To express a wish or prayer for the happiness of; to invoke a blessing upon; -- applied to persons.
Bless them which persecute you. --Rom. xii. 14.
4. To invoke or confer beneficial attributes or qualities upon; to invoke or confer a blessing on, -- as on food.
Then he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed them. --Luke ix. 16.
5. To make the sign of the cross upon; to cross (one's self). [Archaic] --Holinshed.
6. To guard; to keep; to protect. [Obs.]
7. To praise, or glorify; to extol for excellences.
Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. --Ps. ciii. 1.
8. To esteem or account happy; to felicitate.
The nations shall bless themselves in him. --Jer. iv. 3.
9. To wave; to brandish. [Obs.]
And burning blades about their heads do bless. --Spenser.
Round his armed head his trenchant blade he blest. --Fairfax.
Note: This is an old sense of the word, supposed by Johnson, Nares, and others, to have been derived from the old rite of blessing a field by directing the hands to all parts of it. ``In drawing [their bow] some fetch such a compass as though they would turn about and bless all the field.'' --Ascham.
{Bless me!} {Bless us!} an exclamation of surprise. --Milton.
{To bless from}, to secure, defend, or preserve from. ``Bless me from marrying a usurer.'' --Shak.
To bless the doors from nightly harm. --Milton.
{To bless with}, {To be blessed with}, to favor or endow with; to be favored or endowed with; as, God blesses us with health; we are blessed with happiness.
Blessed \Bless"ed\ (bl[e^]s"[e^]d), a. 1. Hallowed; consecrated; worthy of blessing or adoration; heavenly; holy.
O, run; prevent them with thy humble ode, And lay it lowly at his blessed feet. --Milton.
2. Enjoying happiness or bliss; favored with blessings; happy; highly favored.
All generations shall call me blessed. --Luke i. 48.
Towards England's blessed shore. --Shak.
3. Imparting happiness or bliss; fraught with happiness; blissful; joyful. ``Then was a blessed time.'' ``So blessed a disposition.'' --Shak.
4. Enjoying, or pertaining to, spiritual happiness, or heavenly felicity; as, the blessed in heaven.
Reverenced like a blessed saint. --Shak.
Cast out from God and blessed vision. --Milton.
5. (R. C. Ch.) Beatified.
6. Used euphemistically, ironically, or intensively.
Not a blessed man came to set her [a boat] free. --R. D. Blackmore.
hallowed \hallowed\ adj. belonging to or derived from or associated with a divine power; made holy. Opposite of {unholy}. [Narrower terms: {beatified, blessed ; {blessed ; {consecrated, sacred, sanctified ] Also See: {consecrated}, {consecrate}, {sacred}.
Syn: holy. [WordNet 1.5]
It sounds funny to say it, but Doug's blessed with the body of a child.
"The United States is a nation blessed with the highest per capita income.
About 300 people attended the service, and scores of parishioners lined up in the church's reception hall afterwards to be blessed by the new priest.
It added that investigators found that many of the victims were fundamentalist Christians who believed they were dealing "with a man blessed by God with extraordinary business abilities."
"We're fortunate," Clements said. "We're blessed that it has turned out this way.
In his year of the Cy, Sutcliffe was blessed with 5.43 runs a game from his mates, an NL high.
With its concert series and renowned summer school for performers and composers - the Tanglewood Music Centre - it is blessed beyond its musical distinctions with as romantic a site and mountain prospect as can be found anywhere.
But, that's what democracy is all about. A big agenda _ America's agenda for all of us to work on together to build a bright tomorrow for our blessed land.
Rayer has Waterman's timing, Clement is a joy to watch, the complete player; the Welsh are blessed with such a choice. Paul Hull is the first modern fullback the England team has had.
Why is this corner of Canada so blessed with worms?
I am truly blessed." Throughout the festival, the smoky air was rich with the scent of sizzling sausage and lamb burgers cooking on grills.
This makes grave and compelling theatre. If Anna Reynolds' stage-writing debut seems over-emphatic, it is everywhere blessed with a superb, strong performance from co-writer and solo actor Moira Buffini as Shirley.
To George Bush, the current occupant of the White House is blessed with "a great sense of humor if you like jokes and stuff."
At once my pulse began to settle; my cells were drenched with lifeforce; I started to hum a hymn; I blessed the people around me. Have you seen highlife recently?
This big aggressive act will not deter us from continuing the struggle and resistance to snip out the cancer planted in our blessed land and chop off the hand of the arrogants headed by the great Satan, America.
"I feel I have been blessed by aviation and this is my way of paying a bit back." AirLifeLine's Sacramento headquarters, with a five-member staff and a computer bank of telephone and fax numbers, handles all contacts with the pilots.
America's preschoolers have a new sister: Gabriela, born Friday to Luis and Maria on "Sesame Street." The blessed event, eagerly awaited throughout the television series' 20th season, was fairly uneventful.
Thus, the first two digits of a French postcode or the last two digits of a car numberplate, exactly pinpoint a specific area of the blessed hexagone.
The city is blessed with beautiful parks with well-marked walking and jogging trails.
But as long as the Asians come, even if only to buy Louis Vuitton "souvenirs" instead of real estate, the islands' economy should remain blessed.
"We have really been blessed by the people and their generosity and thoughtfulness in expressing their concern," Alyssa's mother, Teri, said Friday as she sat by her daughter's bedside.
Details of the blessed event are closely guarded.
Although Mr. Mariotta put up no money for the deal, it was soon blessed by the SBA.
On Thanksgiving Day, we Americans pause as a nation to give thanks for the freedom and prosperity with which we have been blessed by our Creator.
"The Lord has blessed me with pretty good energy and we usually go at it pretty strong," Brennan said with a grin that cracked an eye-level crease across his broad face.
"We were blessed," produce grower Louis Lazzari said.
What they need is to build more parking places in Paris, but that's more complicated." Paris is blessed with wide avenues, but they are knit together by hundreds of narrow streets that quickly become congested.
John Paul paid homage to the European missionaries who brought Christianity to Zambia nearly 100 years ago, and he blessed the foundation stones of six new churches.
I've been blessed." People stare when Peter Dingeman walks into a room.
But Mr. Mubarak wants Egypt's own deployment to be blessed by the rest of the Arab world so that he, too, can avoid charges that he is operating as a U.S. agent.