2BEHAVEGOOD/MORALsomeone who is very kind, very good, or very beautiful 安琪儿,天使〔指仁慈、善良或美丽的人〕
That little girl of theirs is an angel.
他们的小女儿是个小天使。
Sam is no angel (=often behaves badly).
萨姆绝不是善良之辈。
3old-fashioned spoken used when asking someone to help you or when thanking someone for helping you 大好人〔用于请人帮忙或表示感谢〕
Thanks for mailing those letters, you’re an angel.
谢谢你帮我寄了那些信,你真是个大好人。
Be an angel and get me my glasses, will you?
行行好,帮我把眼镜拿来好吗?
4. (also business angel, angel investor) someone who gives new businesses money, often in exchange for a share of the company 天使投资者,投资天使〔指向初创企业投资的人,往往以持有公司股份作为交换条件〕
angel• Some one, possibly all angels, is smiling on them.• The Lordsuppliednourishment at the hands of an angel.• Primo asks if she was playing an angel, like the angel children in the movie.• Bernie, you're an angel. What would I do without you?• Monstersresuscitate with the same alacrity as angels.• Goodnight, angel.• The angels had told her to do things discreetly, not to make a big show of generosity or kindness.
1heavenly being天使ADJECTIVE | ... OF ANGELS | VERB + ANGEL | ANGEL + NOUN | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤guardian守護天使▸➤avenging復仇天使◇He liked to think of himself as an avenging angel fighting for justice.他喜歡把自己想成是為正義而戰的復仇天使。➤fallen被逐出天堂的天使◇a book about anti-heroes and fallen angels一本有關反英雄和墮落天使的書➤snow (NAmE) 雪天使◇We lay back in the snow and made snow angels.我們趴在雪地裏放鬆,做雪天使。... OF ANGELS➤choir, host(九級天使中的任何)一級天使;一(大)群天使◇a whole host of angels眾天使VERB + ANGEL➤look like長得像天使◇She looks like an angel.她長得像個天使。ANGEL + NOUN➤wings天使的翅膀◇She wore a white costume with big furry angel wings.她穿着一件白色戲裝,上面有天使羽毛狀的大翅膀。PHRASES➤the face of an angel, the voice of an angel天使般的臉龐/聲音◇a singer who has the voice of an angel擁有天使般嗓音的歌手angel
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2good/kind person好人ADJECTIVE | ANGEL + NOUN | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤absolute, little, perfect (especially NAmE) 大好人;小天使;真正的好人◇Deborah's children are little angels.德博拉的孩子個個都是小天使。➤ministering救死扶傷的天使◇I could hardly see Lisa in the role of ministering angel.我很難想像出莉薩成為一個救死扶傷的天使會是個什麼樣子。ANGEL + NOUN➤investor天使投資人◇An angel investor provided the start-up capital.一位天使投資人提供了啟動資金。PHRASES➤be an angel (especially BrE) 做做好事◇Be an angel and make the tea, will you?你幫幫忙,沏杯茶好嗎?➤be no angel並非完美無缺◇I'm no angel, but I wouldn't dream of doing a thing like that.我並非完美無缺,但我做夢都不會想到做那種事。