heaven

1. N-PROPER In some religions, heaven is said to be the place where God lives, where good people go when they die, and where everyone is always happy. It is usually imagined as being high up in the sky. 天堂

I believed that when I died I would go to heaven and see God. 我相信我死后會(huì)進(jìn)入天堂，見到上帝。

2. N-UNCOUNT You can use heaven to refer to a place or situation that you like very much. 極好的地方 (或情況)[非正式]

I would go to movies in the afternoon and to ball games in the evening. It was heaven. 我下午去看電影，晚上去看球賽，真是享受。

3. INTERJ You say "Good heavens!" or "Heavens!" to express surprise or to emphasize that you agree or disagree with someone. (表示驚奇等) 天哪[口語]

Good Heavens! That explains a lot!

天哪！那很說明問題！

4. PHRASE You say "Heaven help someone" when you are worried that something bad is going to happen to them, often because you disapprove of what they are doing or the way they are behaving. (表示擔(dān)心某人將有難) 老天幫幫某人吧[口語]

If this makes sense to our leaders, then heaven help us all. 如果這對(duì)我們的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)們來說是可行的，那真是老天幫助大家。

5. PHRASE You can say "Heaven knows" to emphasize that you do not know something, or that you find something very surprising. 天知道[口語]

Heaven knows what they put in it. 天知道他們往里面放了些什么。

6. PHRASE You can say "Heaven knows" to emphasize something that you feel or believe very strongly. 確實(shí)[口語]

Heaven knows they have enough money. 確實(shí)他們有足夠的錢。

7. PHRASE If the heavens open, it suddenly starts raining very heavily. 突然下起傾盆大雨

The match had just begun when the heavens opened and play was suspended. 比賽才剛剛開始，就突然下起傾盆大雨，于是比賽暫停。

8. for heaven's sake→see sake

9. thank heavens→see thank