| 词汇 | goodness knows |
| 释义 | goodness knowsgoodness knows 1 spokenNOT KNOW used to emphasize that you are not sure about something, or to make a statement stronger 天晓得，谁也不知道〔用来强调对某事没有把握或加强语气〕 That bar’s been closed for goodness knows how long. 天晓得那家酒吧已经关了多久。 Goodness knows, I tried to help him! 天晓得，我还想办法帮他哩！ Examples from the Corpus goodness (only) knows• The last bridge cost $30 million, and goodness knows how much a new one will cost.• At the mercy of wild animals and insects and snakes and goodness knows what horrors!• I suppose that ferrets are no more unusual as pets than rats, snakes and goodness only knows what else.• They took furnishings, china, sofas, televisions and goodness only knows what else.• But goodness knows, Nona had had her say there.• For aficionados those shortcuts are still there - it's still Control+KQX to quit - goodness knows why.• It seems you've survived, goodness knows how, for really it would not matter if you did not.• Though goodness knows why they think they have to do it so early in the morning. → goodness (only) knows at goodness(3) 2 a) used to say that you do not know the answer to a question 天知道！天晓得！谁知道！〔表示不知道问题的答案〕 ‘Where do you think he’s disappeared to this time?’ ‘God knows!’ “你说这回他去哪里了呢？”“天知道！” Goodness knows why she didn’t go herself. 天知道她为什么不自己去。 b) used to emphasize a statement 天知道，老天作证〔用于强调〕 Goodness knows, I’ve never liked the woman, but I didn’t know how bad it would be to work with her. 老天作证，我从来就不喜欢这女人，可我也不知道和她一起工作会这么糟糕。 → Heaven/God/who/goodness knows! at know1(SPOKEN SECT) |
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