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Definition of benison in English: benisonnoun ˈbɛnɪz(ə)nˈbɛnɪs(ə)n literary A blessing. 〈诗/文〉祝福，赐福 the rewards and benisons of marriage 婚姻的报偿和幸福。 Example sentencesExamples - We know that Ms. Lavenham is on the road to wisdom, however, when James tells us she is ‘already half aware that, while good looks and prettiness were benisons, beauty was a dangerous and less amenable gift.’
- He sees himself as the applied scientist who will bring the benisons of molecular biology to practical use.
- All of the time-consuming, head-cracking effort of an editor has relaxed and evened out, as though deftly pressed by some magic iron, and a benison has spread over the evening.
- It was a glorious morning, the impartial sun shining over everything with a kind of benison.
- What is benison for Chelsea inevitably turns out to be a curse on their peers.
Synonyms advantage, benefit, help, boon, good thing, godsend, favour, gift, convenience
OriginMiddle English: from Old French beneiçun, from Latin benedictio (see benediction). Definition of benison in US English: benisonnoun literary A blessing. 〈诗/文〉祝福，赐福 the rewards and benisons of marriage 婚姻的报偿和幸福。 Example sentencesExamples - All of the time-consuming, head-cracking effort of an editor has relaxed and evened out, as though deftly pressed by some magic iron, and a benison has spread over the evening.
- We know that Ms. Lavenham is on the road to wisdom, however, when James tells us she is ‘already half aware that, while good looks and prettiness were benisons, beauty was a dangerous and less amenable gift.’
- It was a glorious morning, the impartial sun shining over everything with a kind of benison.
- What is benison for Chelsea inevitably turns out to be a curse on their peers.
- He sees himself as the applied scientist who will bring the benisons of molecular biology to practical use.
Synonyms advantage, benefit, help, boon, good thing, godsend, favour, gift, convenience
OriginMiddle English: from Old French beneiçun, from Latin benedictio (see benediction). |