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miracle

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mir·a·cle /ˈmɪrəkəl/ ●●○ noun [countableC]  
1  LUCKYsomething very lucky or very good that happens which you did not expect to happen or did not think was possible 意外的幸运事，不可思议的事；奇迹
 It’s a miracle you weren’t killed!
你没有死真是奇迹！
 By some miracle, we managed to catch the plane.
我们奇迹般地赶上了飞机。
 the economic miracle of the 1950s.
20世纪50年代的经济奇迹
 She’s our miracle baby.
她是我们的奇迹宝宝。
small/minor miracle (=something lucky but not very important) 幸事，小奇迹
 The fence’s survival in these winds seems like a minor miracle.
这么大的风，这些篱笆能不倒真是奇迹。
2  RRCan action or event believed to be caused by God, which is impossible according to the ordinary laws of nature 〔神创造的〕奇迹，神迹
 Do you believe in miracles?
你相信神迹吗？
3  miracle cure/drug MHa very effective medical treatment that cures even serious diseases 有奇效的疗法/药物
 There is no miracle cure for diabetes.
糖尿病没有特别有效的疗法。
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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 thinning hair 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.• Salesmen sell miracle 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.
4  work/perform miracles EFFECTIVEto 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 animosity worked 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 Foster performing miracles out on the football field today.• Cloughie has performed miracles with limited resources 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.
5  a miracle of something IMPRESSa 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 of defensive dexterity, Kasparov survived again and again from what looked like imminent disaster.• In a city where rules are supposedly made for bending, it is a miracle of law enforcement.• Therein lies a miracle of distribution.• As with Ste Germaine at Rennes, and other saints, a miracle of roses is attributed to her.• She saw the pale flame she had lit in him burn tall and steady, a miracle of faithfulness out of unfaithfulness.• It was a miracle of rare device, A sunny pleasure-dome with caves of ice!
n COLLOCATIONS
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.
Examples from the Corpus
miracle• It'll be a miracle if we get to the airport in time.• Manley's hope for an economic miracle in Jamaica was not realized.• Both instances were examples of those soccer healing miracles, 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 scientific miracle.• I can call myself lucky because streptomycin, the miracle drug, 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.
small/minor miracle• Tonight feels like a small miracle, laughing and dancing without language.• It's a small miracle that none of the Yorkshire 10 is crushed as she lies down.• A small miracle after the endless hiding.• From the kitchen wafts the fragrance of fresh-baked. minor miracles.• Indeed, small miracles have been achieved in improving efficiency, shortening in-patient stay and improving facilities for day-surgery.• We made it through the campaign without being found out, no small miracle.• But rarely have sport and literature combined so seamlessly as in this small miracle of a book.• Between us we had even hired a video so that we could record this minor miracle of medical history for posterity.
Origin miracle
(1100-1200) Old French Latin miraculum
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