God, god/gɑd; ɡɒd/n 1 God the BEING who Christians, Jews, and Muslims pray to, and who they believe created everything 上帝﹔主﹔真主: Most Americans believe in God . 大多数美国人信仰上帝。We asked God to protect us. 我们请求主保佑我们。2 [C] a male BEING who is believed to control some part of the world or to represent a particular quality [→ goddess]〔被认为主宰世界某部分或象征某种品质的男性的〕神: +of Mars, the Roman god of war 古罗马战神马尔斯3 for God's sake spoken used to emphasize what you are saying, when you are angry 【口】看在上帝的份上〔生气的时候强调所说的话〕: For God's sake, shut up! 看在上帝的份上﹐闭嘴!4 God (only) knows spoken 【口】a) used to show that you are annoyed because you do not know or understand something(只有)老天知道﹐天晓得〔用于表示因为不知道或不理解而恼怒〕: God knows where she is now! 天晓得她现在在哪里!b) used to emphasize what you are saying 老天作证〔强调自己所说的话〕: God knows I’ve tried. 老天作证﹐我努力过了。5 God forbid spoken used to say that you hope that something does not happen【口】上帝保佑不会〔发生某事〕: God forbid that he should find out. 上帝保佑他不会发现。6 I swear/hope/wish to God spoken used to emphasize a statement, hope, or wish 【口】我对天发誓/由衷希望: I swear to God I didn’t do it. 我对天发誓我没做过。7 sb thinks they’re God's gift (to sb/sth) disapproving used to say that someone thinks they are perfect in some way【贬】某人认为自己是上帝(赐给某人/某事物)的礼物〔指某人自认为在某方面很完美〕thank God at 见 THANK