英和和英

読み方 たまもの

名詞

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A present; a gift; a boon

用例

• 天の賜物
  a gift from Heaven
  a heavenly gift
  a godsend

• これは天の賜物だ
  This is a godsend to me.
• 天の賜物を取らざればかえって咎めあり
  “Take the good the gods provide. ”【イディオム・格言的】
• 有難い賜物
  a welcome gift
  an acceptable present
  a boon
• 戦争は貧民にとっては有難い賜物であった
  The war was a boon to the poor.
• そんな発明ができたら実に人類への賜物だ
  Such an invention would be a boon to mankind.

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用例

• 肺病が治るようになったのは科学の賜物だ
  It is all owing to science that people now recover from consumption
  We owe the cure of consumption to science
  The cure of consumption is due to science
  Thanks to science, people now recover from consumption.

• 僕の今日あるのは彼の賜物だ
  He has made me what I am
  I owe him everything in life.
• 英国の今日あるのは石炭と鉄の賜物だ
  Coal and iron have made England what she is
  England owes her prosperity to her coal and iron
  England's prosperity is due to her coal and iron.
• 日本の今日あるのは武士道の賜物なり
  Bushido has made Japan what she is
  Japan owes her present greatness to Bushido
  Japan's present greatness is due to Bushido.