1N-COUNT 天使Angels are spiritual beings that some people believe are God's servants in heaven. 天使
2N-COUNT (尤用于得到友好对待或帮助时)大好人,大善人 You can call someone you like very much an angel in order to show affection, especially when they have been kind to you or done you a favour. (尤用于得到友好对待或帮助时)大好人,大善人 [feelings]
3N-COUNT 安琪儿;天使;善人 If you describe someone as an angel, you mean that they seem to be very kind and good. 安琪儿;天使;善人 [approval]
Poppa thought her an angel.
爸爸视她为小天使。
He was such an angel to put up with it.
他这都能忍,真是个大好人。
4PHRASE [usually verb-link PHRASE]行善;在道义一方 If you say that someone is on the side of the angels, you believe very strongly that what they are doing is right. 行善;在道义一方 [approval]
Billy is on the side of the angels when it comes to racial tolerance.
说起种族间的包容,比利可真是宅心仁厚。
5PHRASE [rush inflects]愚蠢地冒险;鲁莽行事;暴虎冯河 If you say that someone rushes in where angels fear to tread, you are criticizing them gently because they get themselves into dangerous or difficult situations without thinking carefully enough about what they are doing. 愚蠢地冒险;鲁莽行事;暴虎冯河 [disapproval]
Martin is inclined to rush in where angels fear to tread.
马丁总是喜欢贸然行事。
Quotations
Is man an ape or an angel? Now I am on the side of the angelsBenjamin DisraeliSpeech at Oxford Diocesan Conference