miracle cure/drug• Last week medical research came up with another miracle drug.• The fear of chemicals can also delay new miracle drugs from entering the market.• Unfortunately, there is no miracle cure for thinninghair but there are some very good treatments around.• The alternatives have very seldom been tested in any scientific way, and their promises of miracle cures are usually anecdotal.• Salesmensellmiracle cures for all kinds of diseases.• If so, tax cuts would be the miracle cure.• I can call myself lucky because streptomycin, the miracle drug, is newly available.• The miracle cure is when the patient helped cure himself.
4work/perform miraclesEFFECTIVEto have a very good effect or achieve a very good result 创造奇迹,有奇效
Maybe you should try yoga – it worked miracles for me.
也许你该试一试瑜伽——它对我有神奇的效果。
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work/perform miracles• Even if animosityworked miracles in bringing about good grades, would it be worth it?• If he can work miracles in me, you have no problem.• We're relying on Fosterperforming miracles out on the footballfieldtoday.• Cloughie has performed miracles with limitedresources at his disposal.• People actually believe he performs miracles.• Why should anyone mind a person working miracles?• Whereas for me she works miracles.• And she has already been known, you tell me, to work miracles.• A hired hand who worked miracles and shared what little he had with those few who were less fortunate.
5a miracle of somethingIMPRESSa very good example of something 某事物极好的例子,某事物的精品
The concert tour was an absolute miracle of organization.
这次巡回音乐会组织得太棒了。
a miracle of modern engineering
现代工程的奇迹
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a miracle of something• He had just provided some polish for a machine that was already a miracle of design.• Yet, by a miracle ofdefensivedexterity, Kasparov survived again and again from what looked like imminentdisaster.• In a city where rules are supposedly made for bending, it is a miracle of law enforcement.• Therein lies a miracle ofdistribution.• As with Ste Germaine at Rennes, and other saints, a miracle ofroses is attributed to her.• She saw the paleflame she had lit in him burntall and steady, a miracle of faithfulness out of unfaithfulness.• It was a miracle ofraredevice, A sunny pleasure-dome with caves of ice!
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verbs
perform/work a miracle (=achieve something very good which no one thought was possible)
The new coach has worked miracles, and the team have won their last four games.
believe in miracles
Do you believe in miracles?
need a miracle
He'll need a miracle to pass this test.
take a miracle (=need a miracle)
it would take a miracle to transform her into an elegant woman.
hope for a miracle
I knew I would probably never walk again, but I couldn’t help hoping for a miracle.
pray for a miracle
We prayed for a miracle, but her burns were so severe that she did not survive.
a miracle happens
Then the miracle happened – there was a job, and I could have it.
adjectives
a minor/small miracle (=something lucky but not very important)
I’d managed to produce a good meal in half an hour, which seemed like a minor miracle.
an economic miracle
Brazil seemed to be experiencing an economic miracle.
miracle + NOUN
a miracle worker (=someone who performs miracles)
A doctor is just a person, not a miracle worker.
a miracle cure (=something that solves a problem very effectively)
Unfortunately, there is no miracle cure for thinning hair.
a miracle drug (=a very effective drug that cures a serious disease)
Why is this new miracle drug so expensive?
phrases
it’s a miracle (that)
It’s a miracle you weren’t killed
something is no miracle
It was no miracle, it was just good planning and leadership.
something is nothing short of a miracle (=it is extremely unexpected and you are very pleased about it)
What has happened is nothing short of a miracle.
don't expect miracles
Don’t expect miracles. A hairdresser can't make a 50-year-old look like a 20-year-old.
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miracle• It'll be a miracle if we get to the airport in time.• Manley's hope for an economicmiracle in Jamaica was not realized.• Both instances were examples of those soccerhealingmiracles, as Estrada was able to continue play moments later.• She performed many miracles and had the gift of prophecy.• But she was still paralyzed, and they could work no miracle.• But then a man like him was in no need of miracles.• A number of miracles have been attributed to him, due to the unearthing.• Genetic testing is indeed a scientificmiracle.• I can call myself lucky because streptomycin, the miracledrug, is newly available.• And then the miracle Ellie was still praying for happened.• It is a position of danger where miracles of healing may occur but miracles of disaster also.• And she has already been known, you tell me, to work miracles.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + MIRACLE | MIRACLE + VERB | MIRACLE + NOUN | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤great偉大的奇跡➤real, true真正的奇跡▸➤little, minor, small小小的奇跡◇The letter's survival is something of a minor miracle.這封信能保存下來,可以說是個小小的奇跡。➤modern現代奇跡▸➤economic, medical經濟/醫學奇跡VERB + MIRACLE➤create, do, make, perform, produce, work創造奇跡◇Don't expect this medicine to work miracles.不要指望這藥能創造奇跡。➤believe in相信奇跡▸➤ask for, expect, hope for, pray for祈求/期待/期望/祈禱奇跡▸➤need, take需要出現奇跡◇It would take a miracle to get the old car going again.這輛舊車要是能再跑起來那就奇了。➤see, witness看到/見證奇跡MIRACLE + VERB➤happen, occur奇跡發生MIRACLE + NOUN➤worker奇跡創造者➤story神跡故事▸➤cure, drug, pill (especially NAmE) 靈丹妙藥PREPOSITION➤by a miracle由於奇跡◇By a miracle she escaped serious injury.她奇跡般地沒受重傷。
miracle ♦︎ wonder ♦︎ phenomenon ♦︎ marvel ♦︎ flukeThese are all words for surprising things or events that you are pleased about or for people you admire.这些词均表示奇迹、奇观、不平凡的人或事。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆It's a miracle / wonder / fluke (that)...◆a miracle / wonder / phenomenon / marvel of sth◆a natural wonder / phenomenon / marvel◆to do wonders / marvels (for sb / sth)◆to work / perform a miracle / wonders◆a miracle / wonder cure / drug■miracle ˈmɪrəkl [countable] (informal) a good thing that happens that seemed unlikely or impossible; a very good example or product of sth奇迹;不平凡的事;极好的例子;精品◆It's a miracle that nobody was killed.竟然无人丧生,这真是奇迹。◆It would take a miracle to make this business profitable.让这个公司赢利简直是天方夜谭。◆You shouldn't expect the treatment to work miracles.你别指望治疗会产生奇效。◆The car is a miracle of engineering.这辆车是汽车工程学的精品。 see also miraculous ⇨ amazing■wonder [countable] a thing or quality that fills you with surprise or admiration; a person or thing that is very good or effective奇迹;奇观;奇才;有特效的东西◆The Canyon is one of the natural wonders of the world.大峡谷是世界自然奇观之一。◆It's all become possible, thanks to the wonders of modern technology.凭借神奇的现代技术,所有这一切成为可能。◆The news did wonders for(= had a very good effect on) our morale.这消息大大振奋了我们的士气。◆It's a wonder(= it's surprising) more people weren't injured.奇怪的是没有更多的人受伤。◆No wonder you're tired! You didn't get any sleep last night.难怪你累了呢!你昨天夜里根本没合眼。◆The club's new boy wonder scored two goals in the second half.俱乐部的新神童在下半场两次射门得分。 see also wonderful ⇨ wonderful■phenomenonfəˈnɒmɪnən; NAmEfəˈnɑːmɪnən(plural, BrEphenomenaor, NAmEphenomenons) [countable] a very successful person or thing杰出的人;非凡的人(或事物)◆This young pianist is a phenomenon.这位年轻的钢琴家技艺非凡。◆Harry Potter was the greatest book publishing phenomenon ever.《哈利•波特》是图书出版史上最了不起的成功典范。 see also phenomenal ⇨ remarkable■marvel [countable] a wonderful and surprising person or thing令人惊异的人(或事);奇迹◆The design is a marvel of elegance and simplicity.此设计融优雅和质朴于一体,令人赞叹不已。ⓘ Marvels [plural] are wonderful results or things that have been achieved.复数形式的marvels指不平凡的成果、奇迹◆The doctors have done marvels for her.医生为她创造了奇迹。 see also marvellous ⇨ wonderful■fluke [countable, usually singular] (informal) a lucky or unusual thing that happens by accident, not because of planning or skill侥幸;偶然;意外◆They are determined to show that their last win was no fluke.他们决心证明他们上一次的胜利绝非侥幸。